Alpine landscapes in the Anthropocene: alternative common futures

Werner Krauß

Landscape Research, 2018, vol. 43, issue 8, 1021-1031

Abstract: Alpine landscapes with their melting glaciers and loss of biodiversity represent the epoch of the Anthropocene. In this article, the Anthropocene is understood as a concept that shifts the focus on landscapes as assemblages of entangled human, geological, biological, and meteorological actors that enables a new form of telling stories about human–environment relationships. In the first part, I discuss in the example of Ötzi, the Ice Man, the nature of shifting borders and the agency of mountains. In the second part, I reactivate post-war Swiss Volkskunde (folklore studies) and anthropological studies about the role of Alpine pastures as commons, complemented by a case study from Grisons, Switzerland. The focus on entanglements and storytelling outlines alternative common futures as an epistemological and ontological challenge and as defined by communal work and the commonality of people and things.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2018.1503242

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