Dwelling in the Anthropocene: Notes from Lake Superior

Dwelling near Lake Superior in the Anthropocene, we uncover a greater intimacy and acquaintance with our earthly responsibilities. Thoughts wash over us like waves as our thinking ebbs and flows between the fact that we must learn to dwell here while also coming to terms with the planetary implicati...

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Published in:Ethics and the environment 2020-03, Vol.25 (1), p.19-49
Main Authors: Barnett, Joshua Trey, Gore, David Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropocene
Climate change
Earth
Environmental aspects
Fog
Housing
Human-environment interactions
Humans and nature
Intimacy
Lakes
Responsibilities
Waves
Wind
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Summary:Dwelling near Lake Superior in the Anthropocene, we uncover a greater intimacy and acquaintance with our earthly responsibilities. Thoughts wash over us like waves as our thinking ebbs and flows between the fact that we must learn to dwell here while also coming to terms with the planetary implications of our very being. That ebb and flow is presented here in a series of waves, which can be read in or out of order, in an orderly or disorderly fashion. These waves crash into one another as we reflect on place, dwelling, hospitality, deep history, enchantment, wildness, and thinking itself. We discover in this mixture an invitation to think more deeply about our responsibilities by contemplating one of the other bodies with which we cohabit the earth: the deep, blue body of Lake Superior.
ISSN:1085-6633
1535-5306
DOI:10.2979/ethicsenviro.25.1.04