Format:
xvii, 212 Seiten
ISBN:
9781487542207
,
9781487542238
Series Statement:
EthnoGRAPHIC
Content:
"Based in the agrarian world of commercial sesame farming in northern Paraguay, Forecasts tells a story about what happens when global insurance companies promise financial safety nets to local farmers struggling with the effects of climate change. This striking graphic novel brings together original ethnographic research and Paraguayan gothic art to confront the limitations of finance to respond to a deteriorating environment. Taking a human-centered approach to complex weather and financial models, Forecasts offers new ways of looking at overlapping speculative futures in a more-than-human landscape. Based on more than a year of fieldwork in Paraguay, the book follows one man's possible journeys through a season of planting and harvesting, buffeted by losses and sustained by the hope that he can cultivate conditions that will help his family thrive. Forecasts makes a sweeping account of environmental and financial risk accessible through the intimate story of one family's triumphs, heartbreaks, and hopes for the future. The graphic novel is followed by appendices that provide historical, anthropological, and methodological insights, as well as classroom guides, exercises, and questions that make this book ideal for teaching."--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB ISBN 978-1-4875-4225-2
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF ISBN 978-1-4875-4224-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
,
General works
Keywords:
Paraguay
;
Sesam
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Versicherung
;
Graphic Novel
;
Comic
