1st Edition
Anthropological Optimism Engaging the Power of What Could Go Right
Foreword
Joel Robbins
Introduction: Why Optimism
Anna J. Willow
1. A World Made Safe for (Future) Difference: Anthropology and Utopian Possibility
Samuel Gerald Collins
2. Vertiginous Optimism: Optimistic Orientations in a Field of Chronic Crisis
Daniel M. Knight
3. "Moving On and Moving Up": Productive Angles of Exploring Optimism
Kelly A. Yotebieng
4. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: Planting Optimism in a Disrupted Ecology
Man-kei Tam
5. Indigenous Optimism in the Colonialcene
Natasha Myhal and Clint Carroll
6. Putting the Pieces in Place: Optimistic Futuring in Transition Culture
Anna J. Willow
7. Optimism at Scale: Exploring Everyday Activism in Atlanta’s Alternative Food Networks
Hilary B. King
8. Fusing Outrage and Hope into Acts of Resistance, Volunteerism, and Allyships
Patricia Widener and Gail Choate
9. Optimistic Anthropology in the Work of Systems Changemakers
Alison Gold
10. China 2060: Envisioning a Human-Centered Approach to Energy Transition
Bryan Tilt
11. Doing Anthropology Forward: Emerging Technologies and Possible Futures
Sarah Pink
Afterword: Optimism as Capacity
Rebecca Bryant
Biography
Anna J. Willow is Professor of Anthropology at The Ohio State University, USA.
