{"product_id":"friction-an-ethnography-of-global-connection-paperback","title":"Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Lowenhaupt Tsing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick. It is the friction that produces movement, action, and effect. Anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing challenges the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a clash of cultures, developing friction as a metaphor for the diverse and conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTsing focuses on the rainforests of Indonesia, where in the 1980s and 1990s capitalist interests increasingly reshaped the landscape not so much through corporate design as through awkward chains of legal and illegal entrepreneurs that wrested the land from previous claimants, creating resources for distant markets. In response, environmental movements arose to defend the rainforests and the communities of people who live in them. Not confined to a village, province, or nation, the social drama of the Indonesian rainforests includes local and national environmentalists, international science, North American investors, advocates for Brazilian rubber tappers, United Nations funding agencies, mountaineers, village elders, and urban students--all drawn into unpredictable, messy misunderstandings, but misunderstandings that sometimes work out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProviding an invaluable portfolio of methods for the study of global interconnections, \u003ci\u003eFriction\u003c\/i\u003e shows how cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter and reveals how much is overlooked in contemporary theories of the global.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Lowenhaupt Tsing\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her books include\u003ci\u003e The Mushroom at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of the Diamond Queen\u003c\/i\u003e (both Princeton).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756902015309,"sku":"9780691263519","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/dswshTcIiV9780691263519.webp?v=1776754780","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/friction-an-ethnography-of-global-connection-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}