Geographies of Us
Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2024
Book
Hardback
364 pages
978-1-032-47999-6 (ISBN)
Description
Geographies of Us: Ecosomatic Essays and Practice Pages is the first edited collection in the field of ecosomatics.
With a combination of essays and practice pages that provide a variety of scholarly, creative, and experience-based approaches for readers, the book brings together both established and emergent scholars and artists from many diverse backgrounds and covers work rooted in a dozen countries. The essays engage an array of crucial methodologies and critical/theoretical perspectives, including practice-based research in the arts, especially in performance and dance studies, critical theory, ecocriticism, Indigenous knowledges, material feminist critique, quantum field theory, and new phenomenologies. Practice pages are shorter chapters that provide readers a chance to engage creatively with the ideas presented across the collection. This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective that brings together work in performance as research, phenomenology, and dance/movement; this is one of its significant contributions to the area of ecosomatics.
The book will be of interest to anyone curious about matters of embodiment, ecology, and the environment, especially artists and students of dance, performance, and somatic movement education who want to learn about ecosomatics and environmental activists who want to learn more about integrating creativity, the arts, and movement into their work.
With a combination of essays and practice pages that provide a variety of scholarly, creative, and experience-based approaches for readers, the book brings together both established and emergent scholars and artists from many diverse backgrounds and covers work rooted in a dozen countries. The essays engage an array of crucial methodologies and critical/theoretical perspectives, including practice-based research in the arts, especially in performance and dance studies, critical theory, ecocriticism, Indigenous knowledges, material feminist critique, quantum field theory, and new phenomenologies. Practice pages are shorter chapters that provide readers a chance to engage creatively with the ideas presented across the collection. This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective that brings together work in performance as research, phenomenology, and dance/movement; this is one of its significant contributions to the area of ecosomatics.
The book will be of interest to anyone curious about matters of embodiment, ecology, and the environment, especially artists and students of dance, performance, and somatic movement education who want to learn about ecosomatics and environmental activists who want to learn more about integrating creativity, the arts, and movement into their work.
Reviews / Votes
"This collection of essays gathers together important strands in the current studies of ecosomatics. It includes many 'practice pages' that open doors to the feelings that have generated the commitment of the writers to creating common grounds for deep conversation about the way people live in the ecologies of the world. The combination of affective strength, so difficult to articulate, with practical exercises-such as the many approaches to breathing as a form of ecoproprioception-will draw readers into places/ geographies where artmaking and philosophy join together and suggest new languages for thinking and talking about engaging with this Earth."Lynette Hunter, Professor of Theatre and Dance, University of California, Davis
"This seminal collection of essays maps the contours of an emerging field: ecosomatics. At the intersection of dance studies, movement studies, philosophy, and ecology, ecosomatics encourages ways of thinking and doing that cultivate a human's sensory awareness of their bodily enmeshment in enabling places and worlds-nexuses of material relationships which call for respect, reciprocity, and responsibility. In essays written by an international cast of contributors, ecosomatics demonstrates its fierce commitment to social and environmental justice; a ready embrace of Indigenous knowledges, histories, and rights; thoughtful engagement with established fields of phenomenology, eco-philosophy, and dance studies; a lived, dialectical production of theory and practice, and an overriding mission to participate as consciously as possible in generating worldviews and bodily practices that sensitize humans to the ongoing health and wellbeing of the Earth in us and around us."
Kimerer L. LaMothe, PhD, author of Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming
"Geographies of Us provides an exciting snapshot of a diversifying field: of the different methods, playful encounters, bodymind approaches, and land politics that make up the contemporary ecosomatic inquiry, with plenty of invitations to join in the dance. At its heart, this collection is about local and grounded connection, about reaching out-in intergenerational liveliness and critterly entanglement, in touch and in movement, in human and more-than-human worlds."
Petra Kuppers, author of Eco Soma: Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters; Anita Gonzalez Collegiate Professor of Performance Studies and Disability Culture, University of Michigan
"I consider this the most important work to emerge in interdisciplinary dance/performance studies this century. The depth and quality of engagement available to the reader in these pages has the potential to widely transform thought, practice, institutions, environments, and the lived relations between."
Karen Bond, Chair of Dance, Temple University
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, General, and Postgraduate
Illustrations
51 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 51 s/w Abbildungen
51 Halftones, black and white; 51 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
714 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-47999-6 (9781032479996)
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Persons
Sondra Fraleigh is Professor Emeritus, Department of Dance, State University of New York, Brockport, U.S.A.
Shannon Rose Riley is Professor of Humanities & Creative Arts, San Jose State University, U.S.A.
Shannon Rose Riley is Professor of Humanities & Creative Arts, San Jose State University, U.S.A.
Content
Land Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Figures
Ear and Heart to Earth with Gratitude
(Acknowledgements)
Introduction: Locating Geographies of Us
Sondra Fraleigh and Shannon Rose Riley
St. George, Utah, U.S.A: 37.0941 degrees N, 113.5749 degrees W
Fremont, California, U.S.A.: 37.5483 degrees N, 121.9886 degrees W
PART I
Enworlding, Rewilding, Decentering, Transing/Pluraling, Performing, Attending to, Dancing
1 A Critical Ecosomatics: Cultivating Awareness and Imagination
Shannon Rose Riley
Grau Pond, Fremont, California, U.S.A.: 37.5735 degrees N,121.9847 degrees W
Essay
2 What Native American Dance Does and the Stakes of Ecosomatics Tria Blu Wakpa
University of California, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.: 34.0700 degrees N, 118.4442 degrees W
South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, U.S.A.: 43.5668 degrees N, 96.7250 degrees W
Essay
3 Ecosomatic Performance Research for the Pluriverse Daniel Igbin'bi Coleman
San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico: 16.7370 degrees N, 92.6376 degrees W
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.: 33.7532 degrees N, 84.3853 degrees W
Practice Pages
4 Material/ Material: Thousandfold Somas and Poetry of EmergenceSondra Fraleigh
St. George, Utah, U.S.A.: 37.0941 degrees N, 113.5749 degrees W
Essay
5 Decentering the Human through Butoh Lani Weissbach
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.: 39.7684 degrees N, 86.1581 degrees W
Practice Pages
6 Shaky Islands and Rising Seas: Dancing Entanglements in the Global South Karen Barbour
Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), Aotearoa (New Zealand): 37.7869 degrees S, 175.3185 degrees E
Essay
PART II
Horse, Lion, Queer Animal, Skin
7 Crittercal Somaticity: Rewilding Our Horse Senses
Stephen Smith
Pitt Meadows, British Colombia, Canada: 49.3058 degrees N,122.6057 degrees W
Essay
8 Moving with CatsShannon Rose Riley
The Berlin Zoological Garden, Berlin, Germany: 52.5079 degrees N, 13.3378 degrees E
Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany: 52.4911 degrees N, 13.4127 degrees E
Private multispecies dwelling, Fremont, California,
U.S.A.: 37.5483 degrees N, 121.9886 degrees W
Practice Pages
9 Embodying Islands: Ecosomatics and the Transnational Queer Fei Shi
Nex? wlelex? m (Bowen Island), Canada: 49.3768 degrees N, 123.3702 degrees W
Chongming Island, China: 31.6813 degrees N, 121.4820 degrees E
Essay
10 Skinbody and the Skin of the Earth Alison (Ali) East
Otepoti (Dunedin), Aotearoa (New Zealand): 45.8795 degrees S, 170.5006 degrees E
Practice Pages
PART III
Tree, River, Carbon, Stone
11 Practicing with Trees 219Annette Arlander
Galway Road, Johannesburg, South Africa:
26.1658 degrees S, 28.0223 degrees E
David Bagares Street, Stockholm, Sweden: 59.3373 degrees N,18.0687 degrees E
Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki, Finland: 60.1557 degrees N, 24.9557 degrees E
Practice Pages
12 Fearless Belonging and River- Me Adesola Akinleye
Thames River, London, U.K.: 51.4925 degrees N, 0.0288 degrees W
Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts: U.S.A.: 42.3979 degrees N, 71.0797 degrees W
Denton, Texas, U.S.A.: 33.2302 degrees N, 97.1213 degrees W
Essay
13 How to Apprentice with Land in Enchanted Kinship Christine BelleroseRockcliffe Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 45.4471 degrees N, 75.6847 degrees W
Practice Pages
14 Feel the Carbon under Your Footprint: Indigenous Approaches to Grounding Nathalie Guillaume
Kukaniloko Birthstones State Monument,
O'ahu, Hawaii: 21.5048 degrees N, 158.0364 degrees W
Port- au- Prince, Republic of Haiti: 18.5358 degrees N, 72.3331 degrees W
Practice Pages
PART IV
Place, Plasma, Pluriverse, Potato
15 My Place Is a Chiasmatic Dance Glen A. Mazis
Marietta, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 40.0559 degrees N, 76.5517 degrees W
Essay
16 Cosmic Plasma Echoing in (Our) PlaceDebra Lacey
Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 41.6033 degrees N, 80.3058 degrees W
Practice Pages
17 Languaging Body by Field: Ecoproprioception George Quasha
Barrytown, New York, U.S.A.: 41.9998 degrees N, 73.9248 degrees W
Essay
18 Outdoor Dances: Meditations on Loss in the Finger Lakes and Beyond Missy Pfohl Smith
Finger Lakes, New York, U.S.A.: 42.7238 degrees N, 76.9297 degrees W
Practice Pages
19 Awe and Empathy Edward S. Casey
Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.: 40.9027 degrees N, 73.1338 degrees W
Essay
20 Enworlding Place Dances and Potatoes Sondra Fraleigh
Snow Canyon, Utah, U.S.A.: 37.2145 degrees N, 113.6402 degrees W
Yokohama, Japan: 35.4437 degrees N, 139.6380 degrees E
Circleville, Utah, U.S.A.: 38.1688 degrees N, 112.2696 degrees W
Practice Pages
Index
List of Contributors
List of Figures
Ear and Heart to Earth with Gratitude
(Acknowledgements)
Introduction: Locating Geographies of Us
Sondra Fraleigh and Shannon Rose Riley
St. George, Utah, U.S.A: 37.0941 degrees N, 113.5749 degrees W
Fremont, California, U.S.A.: 37.5483 degrees N, 121.9886 degrees W
PART I
Enworlding, Rewilding, Decentering, Transing/Pluraling, Performing, Attending to, Dancing
1 A Critical Ecosomatics: Cultivating Awareness and Imagination
Shannon Rose Riley
Grau Pond, Fremont, California, U.S.A.: 37.5735 degrees N,121.9847 degrees W
Essay
2 What Native American Dance Does and the Stakes of Ecosomatics Tria Blu Wakpa
University of California, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.: 34.0700 degrees N, 118.4442 degrees W
South Dakota State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, U.S.A.: 43.5668 degrees N, 96.7250 degrees W
Essay
3 Ecosomatic Performance Research for the Pluriverse Daniel Igbin'bi Coleman
San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico: 16.7370 degrees N, 92.6376 degrees W
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.: 33.7532 degrees N, 84.3853 degrees W
Practice Pages
4 Material/ Material: Thousandfold Somas and Poetry of EmergenceSondra Fraleigh
St. George, Utah, U.S.A.: 37.0941 degrees N, 113.5749 degrees W
Essay
5 Decentering the Human through Butoh Lani Weissbach
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.: 39.7684 degrees N, 86.1581 degrees W
Practice Pages
6 Shaky Islands and Rising Seas: Dancing Entanglements in the Global South Karen Barbour
Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), Aotearoa (New Zealand): 37.7869 degrees S, 175.3185 degrees E
Essay
PART II
Horse, Lion, Queer Animal, Skin
7 Crittercal Somaticity: Rewilding Our Horse Senses
Stephen Smith
Pitt Meadows, British Colombia, Canada: 49.3058 degrees N,122.6057 degrees W
Essay
8 Moving with CatsShannon Rose Riley
The Berlin Zoological Garden, Berlin, Germany: 52.5079 degrees N, 13.3378 degrees E
Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany: 52.4911 degrees N, 13.4127 degrees E
Private multispecies dwelling, Fremont, California,
U.S.A.: 37.5483 degrees N, 121.9886 degrees W
Practice Pages
9 Embodying Islands: Ecosomatics and the Transnational Queer Fei Shi
Nex? wlelex? m (Bowen Island), Canada: 49.3768 degrees N, 123.3702 degrees W
Chongming Island, China: 31.6813 degrees N, 121.4820 degrees E
Essay
10 Skinbody and the Skin of the Earth Alison (Ali) East
Otepoti (Dunedin), Aotearoa (New Zealand): 45.8795 degrees S, 170.5006 degrees E
Practice Pages
PART III
Tree, River, Carbon, Stone
11 Practicing with Trees 219Annette Arlander
Galway Road, Johannesburg, South Africa:
26.1658 degrees S, 28.0223 degrees E
David Bagares Street, Stockholm, Sweden: 59.3373 degrees N,18.0687 degrees E
Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki, Finland: 60.1557 degrees N, 24.9557 degrees E
Practice Pages
12 Fearless Belonging and River- Me Adesola Akinleye
Thames River, London, U.K.: 51.4925 degrees N, 0.0288 degrees W
Mystic River, Boston, Massachusetts: U.S.A.: 42.3979 degrees N, 71.0797 degrees W
Denton, Texas, U.S.A.: 33.2302 degrees N, 97.1213 degrees W
Essay
13 How to Apprentice with Land in Enchanted Kinship Christine BelleroseRockcliffe Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: 45.4471 degrees N, 75.6847 degrees W
Practice Pages
14 Feel the Carbon under Your Footprint: Indigenous Approaches to Grounding Nathalie Guillaume
Kukaniloko Birthstones State Monument,
O'ahu, Hawaii: 21.5048 degrees N, 158.0364 degrees W
Port- au- Prince, Republic of Haiti: 18.5358 degrees N, 72.3331 degrees W
Practice Pages
PART IV
Place, Plasma, Pluriverse, Potato
15 My Place Is a Chiasmatic Dance Glen A. Mazis
Marietta, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 40.0559 degrees N, 76.5517 degrees W
Essay
16 Cosmic Plasma Echoing in (Our) PlaceDebra Lacey
Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 41.6033 degrees N, 80.3058 degrees W
Practice Pages
17 Languaging Body by Field: Ecoproprioception George Quasha
Barrytown, New York, U.S.A.: 41.9998 degrees N, 73.9248 degrees W
Essay
18 Outdoor Dances: Meditations on Loss in the Finger Lakes and Beyond Missy Pfohl Smith
Finger Lakes, New York, U.S.A.: 42.7238 degrees N, 76.9297 degrees W
Practice Pages
19 Awe and Empathy Edward S. Casey
Stony Brook, New York, U.S.A.: 40.9027 degrees N, 73.1338 degrees W
Essay
20 Enworlding Place Dances and Potatoes Sondra Fraleigh
Snow Canyon, Utah, U.S.A.: 37.2145 degrees N, 113.6402 degrees W
Yokohama, Japan: 35.4437 degrees N, 139.6380 degrees E
Circleville, Utah, U.S.A.: 38.1688 degrees N, 112.2696 degrees W
Practice Pages
Index