Loneliness And Hope In A More-Than-Human World
Abstract
This chapter establishes the conditions of our contemporary ecological crises, mapping a series of linguistic and philosophical efforts at naming and framing these problems from the perspective of performance. The authors suggest that embracing the concept of “naturecultural performance” holds significant promise for generating theories and aesthetic practices that mark and make use of new materialist theories of more-than-human agency. Finally, this chapter offers recuperative theorizations of hope and nostalgia, reframing them as the preconditions for a posthumanist and new materialist performance, and an antidote to the epidemic of loneliness and hopelessness that marks our contemporary moment.
Department(s)
RCASH
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.4324/9781003461630-3
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Recommended Citation
Simmons, Daniel; Brisini, Travis; and Spry, Tami, "Loneliness And Hope In A More-Than-Human World" (2024). Faculty Scholarship. 494.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/articles00/494
Journal Title
Posthumanist Collaborations in Performance A Praxis Based Approach to Qualitative Inquiry
