Materiality of Air
Exploring air, airborne phenomena, and elemental representation, this book dissects the materiality of air, which comes to the fore ever more vigorously given the ongoing environmental and health crises. Understanding air’s materiality is essential to outlining clear solutions to the current challen...
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2025
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| description | Exploring air, airborne phenomena, and elemental representation, this book dissects the materiality of air, which comes to the fore ever more vigorously given the ongoing environmental and health crises. Understanding air’s materiality is essential to outlining clear solutions to the current challenges and to generating new meanings of what constitutes an environmentally safe and healthy future. The dual nature of air makes it a rich field for metaphor and a potent subject to think with: as space that contains and engages with other elements, particles, and beings; and as matter that moves, envelopes, and penetrates objects, spaces, and time.
Each chapter offers new perspectives on air’s material qualities, treating air as a literal and figurative element that provides an important lens on climate change, toxicity, pollution, capitalism, violence, and transmission, among other issues. The volume also highlights future directions for engaging with the all-important medium of air.
This edited collection responds to the growing scientific and scholarly explorations of elements and the elemental, as well as the complex environmental, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural issues that emerge through these elements. Bringing together experts from the environmental humanities, health humanities, cultural studies, literary studies, art, and history, the chapters consider the intricate relationships between humans, more-than-humans, and the environment more broadly. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1650182025-08-12T05:08:47Z Materiality of Air Konrad, Tatiana the elemental;well-being;crisis;future;health;environment;materiality;Air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSZ Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle Exploring air, airborne phenomena, and elemental representation, this book dissects the materiality of air, which comes to the fore ever more vigorously given the ongoing environmental and health crises. Understanding air’s materiality is essential to outlining clear solutions to the current challenges and to generating new meanings of what constitutes an environmentally safe and healthy future. The dual nature of air makes it a rich field for metaphor and a potent subject to think with: as space that contains and engages with other elements, particles, and beings; and as matter that moves, envelopes, and penetrates objects, spaces, and time. Each chapter offers new perspectives on air’s material qualities, treating air as a literal and figurative element that provides an important lens on climate change, toxicity, pollution, capitalism, violence, and transmission, among other issues. The volume also highlights future directions for engaging with the all-important medium of air. This edited collection responds to the growing scientific and scholarly explorations of elements and the elemental, as well as the complex environmental, sociopolitical, economic, and cultural issues that emerge through these elements. Bringing together experts from the environmental humanities, health humanities, cultural studies, literary studies, art, and history, the chapters consider the intricate relationships between humans, more-than-humans, and the environment more broadly. 2025-08-12T05:08:46Z 2025-08-12T05:08:46Z 2025-08-11T09:14:03Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105364 9781804131626 9781804131633 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165018 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105364/1/9781804131640.pdf University of Exeter Press 10.47788/CDTZ5578 10.47788/CDTZ5578 1417d5ed-2c7f-456e-84f4-e75128a86747 26ae1657-c58f-4f1d-a392-585ee75c293e a39fc2ba-9538-4bcd-965c-6702ff320840 9781804131626 9781804131633 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 196 10.55776/PUB1197 Austrian Science Fund (FWF) open access |
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| topic | the elemental;well-being;crisis;future;health;environment;materiality;Air thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNT Social impact of environmental issues thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSZ Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle |
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