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TY - ADVS
T1 - Anthropogenic Fire As The Hinge Between Earth System And Strata
AU - Clark, Nigel
PY - 2022/4/21
Y1 - 2022/4/21
N2 - The control of fire plays a fundamental role in human history and cultural evolution. However, with increased anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels—and, indeed, decreased combustion of biomass—fire acquires novel significance as a potent instrument of geo-technological agency. In this essay, human geographer Nigel Clark discusses fire as an integrative marker of the Anthropocene, positioning it at the momentous interface between Earth system changes and lithic strata.
AB - The control of fire plays a fundamental role in human history and cultural evolution. However, with increased anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels—and, indeed, decreased combustion of biomass—fire acquires novel significance as a potent instrument of geo-technological agency. In this essay, human geographer Nigel Clark discusses fire as an integrative marker of the Anthropocene, positioning it at the momentous interface between Earth system changes and lithic strata.
KW - Anthropocene
KW - fire
KW - Earth System Science
KW - geology
KW - combustive justice
KW - wildfire
M3 - Web publication/site
PB - Haus der Kulturen der Welt
CY - Berlin
ER -