Precarity afoot: material performatives as evolutionary relations across deep time

Brisini, Travis

doi:10.1080/10462937.2018.1457175

Cited by 7 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 32 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…On the one hand, deep time encourages a kind of conceptualization for which we have no reference. As Brisini (2018) wrote, "The world, the climate, our species, and others are all constrained conceptually within this limited positional assessment that breeds a sense of fixity and stability. From a deep time perspective, conversely, the world is constant flux: drifting continents, rising and falling seas, emerging and vanishing species" (p. 127).…”

Section: Erent Experiences Of Ontological Timementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This slice of time in U.S. American history reveals the complexities of temporality, both symbolic and material, in environmental rhetoric. In recent decades, scholars have started to attend to time as a particularly important feature of environmental rhetoric (see, e.g., Sowards, 2006;Cox, 2007;Schwarze, 2007;Foust and O'Shannon Murphy, 2009;Nixon, 2011;Phillips, 2014;Rifkin, 2017;Brisini, 2018;Houdek and Phillips, 2020;Reyes and Chirindo, 2020;Rife, 2020;Paliewicz, 2022). Thinking about time per se invites scholars to continue to interrogate underlying structures that function as barriers to positive environmental change.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Engaging complex temporalities in environmental rhetoric

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this essay, we identify a temporal turn in environmental rhetoric. As field researchers, we have experienced different senses of time bumping against one another in intercultural, ecological situations. Although these micro-experiences of time provide a constant grounding for our lives, we are also aware of the macro-expressions of time and the ways that they order our world and understanding of environmental degradation. We detail three interrelated temporal themes in environmental rhetoric. First, we delve into the practical considerations of time, articulating it in relation to how humans address environmental crises. Second, we respond back to ourselves by discussing epistemological concerns of time that emphasize knowing as critical to appropriate action and recognizing the need for impatience in the face of colonial, sexist, and racist systems that have existed for far too long. Lastly, we unpack multiple conceptualizations of time—the ontological commitments of different entities, systems, and cultures—and ask how scholars should conduct their own work given the temporal challenges presented by environmental problems, the demands of the field, the need for radical change, and the necessity of intelligent and meaningful choices. We do not seek to resolve tensions between these three themes but deepen the field's engagement with multiple temporalities. The conclusion offers some pathways to stimulate further scholarship about environmental temporalities.

show abstract

Section: Erent Experiences Of Ontological Timementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging complex temporalities in environmental rhetoric

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Phytomorphizing performance: plant performance in an expanded field

Brisini

2019

Text and Performance Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Performance studies in communication

Simmons

Brisini

2020

Text and Performance Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines the near 40-year publishing history of Literature in Performance: A Journal of Literary and Performing Art (1980-1988) and Text and Performance Quarterly (1989-present) for evidence of shifting trends in performance scholarship. The history of this journal is inextricable from the development of performance studies in communication, as its changing content and structure reveal pivotal developments and "turns" in the field. We map these trendstoward literature, feminist thought, queer performance, multi/cultural performance, media, and the personal turnbefore speculating about the current and future trajectories of performance studies in communication.

show abstract

Precarity afoot: material performatives as evolutionary relations across deep time

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Engaging complex temporalities in environmental rhetoric

Engaging complex temporalities in environmental rhetoric

Phytomorphizing performance: plant performance in an expanded field

Performance studies in communication

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About