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Breaking new ground in the field of posthumanism, this volume moves beyond theory to explore how posthumanist ideas are being applied to real-world contexts, from psychotherapy and design to environmental action. Edited by Christine Daigle, Matt Hayler and Danielle Sands, this international collection builds on the first homonymous volume (2023), to show how posthumanism can inform action and produce new artefacts, effects and methods.

Artists, designers, educators and more demonstrate how embracing a more entangled, porous view of human subjectivity has led to innovative practices and ethical reorientation in their work. Chapters explore topics such as Ben'zaa water sowing rituals in Mexico, the artistic activism of South Korea's Yellow Island Metaverse and a new materialist orientation to trauma informed design. This variety of case studies provides a rich source of inspiration for less human-centred methods, with toolkits and how-tos that will benefit students, practitioners and scholars alike.

Featuring writers from 13 different countries from the Global North and South and from disciplines ranging from philosophy to digital cultures and environmental humanities, this volume offers an interdisciplinary map of posthumanist praxis. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how posthumanist thinking is already reshaping disciplines across the arts, sciences and humanities, and how it might guide us toward more inclusive, responsive and sustainable futures.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Expanding Posthumanism in Practice, Matt Hayler (University of Birmingham, UK), Christine Daigle (Brock University, Canada), and Danielle Sands (Royal Holloway, UK)

1. Posthumanist Ecologies: The Ben'zaa Water Sowing in Southern Mexico, Oscar Ulloa-Calzada (Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, Mexico)
2. Moving Away From 'All-Too-Human' Towards 'More-Than-Human': A Posthumanist Re-orientation of Trauma, Design, and Domestic and Family Violence, Emma van Daal (Independent Researcher and Psychotherapist, Netherlands)
3. Envisioning EcoGothic: A Practical Approach to Mournding in Modes of Consumption, Michael Dunn (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
4. Cats and Compressed Modernity: Sympoiesis, Becoming, and Female Anxieties in East Asia, Yuchen Li (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) and Jianping Mao (Lanzhou University, China)
5. Plastiglomerates and the Possibilities of Posthumanist Practice in the Plastic Age, Anya Heise-von der Lippe (University of Tübingen, Germany)
6. Emerging Trajectories of Posthuman Practical Literary Criticism: History, Assumptions, Questions, and Concerns, Qurratulaen Liaqat (Forman Christian College, Pakistan)
7. Creative Entanglements: Disability, Art, and the More-than-Human World, Kim Collins (University of Guelph, Canada)
8. CO-ACT: Exploring Methods for Multispecies Design Practices, Louise Permlin (Independent Researcher and Designer, Sweden) and Anna-Mamusu Sesay Wehlitz (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
9. Posthuman Practices of Collective Memory in South Korea: Art Activism and the Yellow Island Metaverse, Oxana Jeoung-Rakova (Seoul National University, South Korea)
10. A Posthuman-Psychoanalysis? Collaborating a Short Compendium of Psychotherapeutic Practice, Melissa Dunlop (Psychotherapist, UK), Donata Puntil (Psychotherapist, King's College London, UK), and Jane Speedy (Narrative Therapist, University of Bristol, UK)
11. AI Inside Listening Assemblages, Mickey Vallee (Athabasca University, Canada)
12. From Theory to Praxis: 8 Posthumanist Exercises, Debashish Banerji (California Institute of Integral Studies, USA), Francesca Ferrando (New York University, USA), Stefano Rozzoni (University of Bergamo, Italy), and Joanna Pascoe (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 29 Apr 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 272
ISBN 9781350625044
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 20 bw illus
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Series Posthumanism in Practice
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Christine Daigle

Christine Daigle is Professor of Philosophy at Bro…

Anthology Editor

Matthew Hayler

Matt Hayler is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Lit…

Anthology Editor

Danielle Sands

Danielle Sands is Associate Professor of Comparati…

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