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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex, politics and inhuman artistry
AU - Clark, Nigel
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This commentary argues that one of the strengths of Dixon et al.'s (2012) paper is the way that it pushes a concern with inhuman entities and processes far beyond any entanglement with human lives. This takes us on a turn – strangely rare in human geography – from life or vitality into the realms of minerality. It is suggested that what makes this possible is the authors' refreshing willingness to explore aesthetic and ontological questions without feeling obliged to immediately demonstrate the political valence of these explorations.
AB - This commentary argues that one of the strengths of Dixon et al.'s (2012) paper is the way that it pushes a concern with inhuman entities and processes far beyond any entanglement with human lives. This takes us on a turn – strangely rare in human geography – from life or vitality into the realms of minerality. It is suggested that what makes this possible is the authors' refreshing willingness to explore aesthetic and ontological questions without feeling obliged to immediately demonstrate the political valence of these explorations.
KW - aesthetics
KW - minerality
KW - ontology
KW - politics
KW - sex
U2 - 10.1177/2043820612468641
DO - 10.1177/2043820612468641
M3 - Journal article
VL - 2
SP - 271
EP - 275
JO - Dialogues in Human Geography
JF - Dialogues in Human Geography
SN - 2043-8206
IS - 3
ER -