Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing: 4 books

Dans les vestiges des grands pins ponderosas d'Oregon pousse le matsutake, un champignon qui compte parmi les aliments les plus chers au monde. C'est le point de départ de cette enquête qui transforme un paradoxe en outil d'exploration : en suivant la piste de ce champignon rare, Anna Tsing décrypte...

A wheel turns because of its encounter with the surface of the road; spinning in the air it goes nowhere. Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light; one stick alone is just a stick. In both cases, it is friction that produces movement, action, effect. Challenging the widespread view that...

This collection of ethnographic and interpretive essays fundamentally alters the debate over indigenous land claims in Southeast Asia and beyond. Based on fieldwork conducted in Malaysia and Indonesia during the 1980s and 1990s, these studies explore new terrain at the intersection of environmental...

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical...