Slow Earth Companion (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Ayana Young | knygos.lt

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Tracing lines of living reciprocity between humans, creatures, elements and Earth

Founded in 2014, For The Wild is a progressive, slow media platform dedicated to ecological thought, cultural transformation, and the protection of the more-than-human world. Through its podcast and multimedia storytelling, it convenes artists, scientists, philosophers, Indigenous leaders and grassroots organizers to explore conservation, social justice and spiritual ecology. Emerging from a critique of dominant cultural narratives, the project imagines alternatives rooted in reciprocity with the Earth. Guided by a "slow media" ethos, the collective emphasizes depth, care and meaningful dialogue over rapid content cycles.
This is the first print publication to come out of the project, furthering its vision. Slow Earth Companion is a print anthology of essays, reflections, poetry and artwork by many practitioners and relevant thinkers, longtime For The Wild guests and collaborators. Entwined throughout are sensorial drawings by Krista Dragomer that hum with elemental entanglement and more-than-human presence. The anthology embraces an unconventional, textural and at times strangely feral sensibility, weaving visual and literary elements in unexpected ways. Its form and voice position it as a distinctive, memorable offering within the contemporary publishing landscape. The book is designed as a companion volume, meant to be returned to over time, exploring themes of relationship, land, kinship, belonging and ecological intimacy. It reflects the slow media and long-form editorial approach that has defined For The Wild since its founding.
Contributors include: Bayo Akmolafe, Jarod K. Anderson, Ella Noah Bancroft, adrienne maree brown, Stephen Harrod Buhner, Morgan Curtis, Layla K. Feghali, Giuliana Furci, Rosemary Gladstar, Amy Wright Glenn, Corrina Gould, Donna Haraway, Prentis Hemphill, Tricia Hersey, Julia Jackson, Stephen Jenkinson, Kimberly Ann Johnson, Lyla June, Patricia Onoiwu Kaishian, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Sylvia V. Linsteadt, Joanna Macy, Michael Meade, Dori Midnight, Pavini Moray, Martín Prechtel, Antonia Estela Pérez, Fariha Róisín, Kurt Russo, Vandana Shiva, P?nar Sinopoulos-Lloyd, So Sinopoulos-Lloyd, Jacqueline Suskin, Gabes Torres, brontë velez, March Young, Tyson Yunkaporta.