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Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Adam Bobbette (Glasgow) to discuss his 2023 book, The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java, published by Duke University Press. Their conversation covers the history of plate tectonic theory, human-earth systems relationships, and how to live and do research in the Anthropocene.
Dr. Adam Bobbette is Lecturer in Political Geology in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. The Pulse of the Earth is his first monograph and is currently being translated into Indonesian. In addition, he has co-edited four books on the academic press; contributed to The London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Cabinet, N+1, and e-flux; and collaborated creatively with filmmakers, architects, and visual artists.
Links
- University Profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/adambobbette/
- The Pulse of the Earth: https://dukeupress.edu/the-pulse-of-the-earth
Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con
Photo Credit: “Pesona gunung merapi di pagi hari dari punthuk setumbu, Magelang, Jawa Tengah” by Arfani Mujib, via Wikimedia Commons.
