Practices of Hope A Reader for the Future

Tapestry of perspectives collectively addressing ecological crisis The ecological crisis confronts all of us today, wherever we live on this planet. And no single discipline possesses the sovereign expertise to address it. Recognising this, Practices of Hope: A Reader for the Future brings together a constellation of some of the finest minds who have engaged with the challenges this crisis poses, both at a local as well as a global scale. The contributors to this international and interdisciplinary anthology belong to diverse fields, including environmental activism, literature, public health, anthropology, science journalism, architecture, and the visual arts. Their accounts assume varied forms: essays, memoirs, poems, conversations, scientific inquiries, manifestos and artworks, each offering persuasive ideas and compelling prompts to action. Practices of Hope embodies an urgently necessary synergy among the arts, humanities and sciences. It points towards a more viable planetary future.

Binding Hardbound, Language English, Published Date July 2026 CONTENTS: Director's Note-Bjorn Ketels, * Introduction: State of Nature-The Project (2018-2022)-Ravi Agarwal, * Resources of Hope, Against All Hope-Ranjit Hoskote, * When the State of Nature Depends on the Nature of the State-Harmony, Retribution and the Mysterious Butterflies of the Soul-Ruth Padel, * Gardens and Fire: A Reflection on the Relation of Nature and Culture in Western Cultural History-Bernd Scherer, * Vulnerable Landscapes-Heather Davis, * Litany of Loss: Grief and Disasters in the Himalayas-Rahul Ranjan, * Nature of SARA-Arunkumar H G, * Nature: A Fabrication -Michael Marder, * Cultural Workers and Transformations-Vinita Agarwal, * What the Crab Said to the Tiger: It's a Bloody-nosed Co-existence-Nancy Adajania, * Have You Ever Tasted Food Like This Before?-Rajyashri Goody, * Picnic-Rajyashri Goody, * Four Thoughts on the Idea of Nature-Bhrigupati Singh, * The State of Nature and the State of Practice-Prem Chandavarkar, * Ek Bagal Mein Chand Hoga Ek Bagal Mein Rotiyan (One Side Lies the Moon, on the Other, Bread)-Parag Tandel, * The Coast is Clear: Underscapes &Aamcham Ta Sanglach Gale? (We have lost everything?) 2022/into the Bones, 2022/Estuaries of Waning Sounds-2, 2022-Parag Tandel, * Rui, Kapra aur Sammana (Seed, Clothing & Stature!)-Gram Art Project, * New Natures-Exhibition Wall Text, * We Exist/Stealing Earth/Mikania Micrantha/ Camouflage/Shared Sensualities/ A Telling-Karan Shrestha, * House of Opaque Water-Ranbir Kaleka, * Untitled/ Moving Cities/ Ratting Knot II (Maquette)-Prabhakar Pachpute, * Glasshouse Deep-Rohini Devasher, * A Peal of Spring Thunder-Ishan Tankha, * Finalforest.ee-Sahej Rahal, * Messengers-Tanmoy Samanta, * Cognitive Processes: Imagining Ecological Democracy/ Water Flows/ Body City Flows-Navjot Altag. * Static Rqange-Himali Singh Soin, * A Flight Over the Mounds-Prabhakar Pachpute, * Imagined Homeland-Sharbendu De, * Someone Lieft a Horse on the Shorfe/Streetlight-Gigi Scaria,