Planetary Awareness in the Anthropocene

Frameworks for Action
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-17430-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Anthropocene - Humanities and Social Sciences

This contributed volume explores issues surrounding planetary awareness and its role in the Anthropocene, tackling interdisciplinary themes. The volume proposes a reflection on the way in which the natural, cultural and societal dimensions are intertwined. Through an approach that blends the human, social and natural sciences, it responds to the urgent need to rethink our relationship with the world at a time marked by global ecological and social crises. The book connects scientific knowledge with concrete cultural and social practices. The innovative nature of the book is reflected in its adoption of new methodological perspectives, such as the use of postcolonial and critical concepts to rethink the relationship between the human and the non-human. The authors also incorporate transformative approaches, such as critical imagination, to explore solutions to the challenges posed by the Anthropocene. From a scientific point of view, the book is based on solid, interdisciplinary research. The book emphasizes how global awareness is a central issue in education, in order to reinvent frameworks for collective and individual action. By linking these reflections to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, it offers an operational framework for transforming planetary ideals into concrete policies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engel, Juliane

Wulf, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Denkansätze und Ideologie der Umweltschützer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1.Becoming Planetary (Juliane Engel & Christoph Wulf) .- Part 1: Planetary Studies in the Field of the Anthropocene .- Chapter 2.Culture and Politics on a Planetary Scale(Roland Bernecker).- Chapter 3. Our Planet in the Anthropocene. A plea for Geo-anthropology (Christoph Antweiler).- Chapter 4. Becoming Planetary Theory in an Age where Technology is becoming larger than Life (Shoko Suzuki).- Chapter 5. Pluriversal Planetary Education. Challenges in the Anthropocene (Christoph Wulf).- Chapter 6. Biogeophysical Disruptions. The Challenges for Education in Conceptualizing the Anthropocene (Nathanael Wallenhorst).- Chapter 7. Complexity of the Anthropocene. A Systemic and Transdisciplinary Approach (Francois Prouteau).- Part 2:  Our shared Planet. Nature, Energy, and Societal Change .- Chapter 8. Respect for Nature in Africa and the Response to Changes brought about by Digital Transformation and Globalization. Implications for Adult Education (Michael Omolewa,  Ruphina Nwachukwu).- Chapter 9. Repairing the World. The Task and Place of Technology in the Anthropocene (Sebastian Agudelo).- Chapter 10. Oikos or Echoes? The hurricanes of the media. (Norval Baitello Junior).- Chapter 11. Planetary Futures. The Transformation Crisis in the Anthropocene (Juliane Engel).- Chapter 12. Micro-Organization and Societal Change in the Anthropocene (David R. Cole).- Chapter 13. Melt into Air: Planetary Becoming amidst Earth`s Energy Imbalance (Joshua Wodak).- Part 3:Transformation: Colonialism, Sovereignty and Universalism .- Chapter 14. Planetary Thinking and the Global South. The Anthropocene, Postcolonialism and Decolonialism(Viviana Polo-Flórez).- Chapter 15. Educational Anthropology and Developing a Planetary Outlook. Interfaces, Challenges and Pathways to the Future.- (Karina Limonta Vieira).- Chapter 16. How to not become a Vampire. Reflections on the Desire of Europeans to learn from Indigenous Knowledge (Bettina Fritzsche).- Chapter 17. Losing Sovereignty. An Educational Reflection on Concepts of Sovereignty inspired by de- and postcolonial Critiques (Nadine Rose).- Chapter 18. Critique of Universalism in Critical Theory and Postcolonial Theory. The Epistemological Potential (Merle Hummrich).- Chapter 19. Comparative Analysis. A Universal Method to inquire into Particularities (Arnd-Michael Nohl).- Chapter 20. Visualizing Climate Change and Education. Planetary Research in the Mirror of Power.- Part 4: Vulnerability and Flourishing. Urbanism, Literacy, and Resilience.-  Chapter 21. Urban Dynamics and Global Citizenship Education. Nurturing Interconnectedness and Resilience in the Hyper-Mobile Era (Hongyan Chen).- Chapter 22. Literacy and Social Justice. An Educational Approach that transcends Boundaries (Andrea Bramberger & Sabine Seichter).- Chapter 23."Cultural Resilience" and the Cultivation of a Postdigital Planetary Dissensus.-(Benjamin Jörissen & Leopold Klepacki).- Chapter 24. Cultivating Flourishing Life. Eudaimogenesis as a Paradigm for the Anthropocene (Juliane Noak).- Chapter 25. Becoming Planetary in the Deep South. James Agee’s Memorial to Meek Men (Joan Ramon Resina).

Über Autor(innen)

Juliane Engel is the Founding Director for Transfer of the Center for Critical Computational Studies | C3S at Goethe University Frankfurt. The newly founded center's mission is to establish and activate Critical Computational Literacy (CCL) as a transformative framework. C3S empowers students, citizens, and communities to thoughtfully relate and engage with the algorithmic and data-driven technologies in post digital times. As a Professor of Education at Goethe University, Juliane Engel is focusing on schools and cultural transformation. In systematic and empirical studies, her work examines educational processes and learning considered in the context of dynamics of social transformation, such as processes of cultural pluralization and (post-)digitality, highlighting asymmetries of power. This analysis focuses on the materiality and mediality of processes of subjectification as well as on new forms of agency in post digital realities. She is chair of the Commission for Qualitative Educational and Biographical Research of the German Society for Educational Science (QBBF), where she works on advancing the methodological development of digitized research. She is (co-)founder of an international research group on “becoming planetary” and co-editor of the journal Education in the Anthropocene: Sustainability, Transformation, Cultures. Since 2023, she is member of the Scientific Committee of the book series "Anthropocene – Humanities and Social Sciences".

Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Education and a member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Historical Anthropology, the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB, 1999–2012) ‘Cultures of Performance’, the Cluster of Excellence (2007–2012), ‘Languages of Emotion’ and the Graduate School ‘InterArts’ (2006–2015) at the Freie Universität Berlin. His books have been translated into 20 languages. For his research in anthropology and anthropology of education, he received the title professor honoris causafrom the University of Bucharest. He is Vice-President of the German Commission for UNESCO. Major research areas:historical and cultural anthropology, educational anthropology, imagination, inter-cultural communication, mimesis, aesthetics, epistemology and Anthropocene. Research stays and invited professorships have included the following locations, among others: Stanford, Tokyo, Kyoto, Beijing, Shanghai, Mysore, Delhi, Paris, Lille, Modena, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Vienna, Rome, Lisbon, Basel, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan and Sao Paulo.