Residues
Thinking Through Chemical Environments
By Angela N. H. Creager, Carsten Reinhardt, Emmanuel Henry, Jody A. Roberts, Nathalie Jas, Scott Frickel, Soraya Boudia | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
Residues offers readers a new approach for conceptualizing the environmental impacts of chemicals production, consumption, disposal, and regulation. Environmental protection regimes tend to be highly segmented according to place, media, substance, and effect; academic scholarship often reflects this same segmented approach. Yet, in chemical substances we encounter phenomena that are at once voluminous and miniscule, singular and ubiquitous, regulated yet unruly. Inspired by recent studies of materiality and infrastructures, we introduce “residual materialism” as a framework for attending to the socio-material properties of chemicals and their world-making powers. Tracking residues through time, space, and understanding helps us see how the past has been built into our present chemical environments and future-oriented regulatory systems, why contaminants seem to always evade control, and why the Anthropocene is as inextricably harnessed to the synthesis of carbon into new molecules as it is driven by carbon’s combustion.
Editions of Residues
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781978818019
- EBook
- ISBN 9781978818033
- PDF
- ISBN 9781978818057
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Residues offers readers a new approach for conceptualizing the environmental impacts of chemicals production, consumption, disposal, and regulation. Environmental protection regimes tend to be highly segmented according to place, media, substance, and effect; academic scholarship often reflects this same segmented approach. Yet, in chemical substances we encounter phenomena that are at once voluminous and miniscule, singular and ubiquitous, regulated yet unruly. Inspired by recent studies of materiality and infrastructures, we introduce “residual materialism” as a framework for attending to the socio-material properties of chemicals and their world-making powers. Tracking residues through time, space, and understanding helps us see how the past has been built into our present chemical environments and future-oriented regulatory systems, why contaminants seem to always evade control, and why the Anthropocene is as inextricably harnessed to the synthesis of carbon into new molecules as it is driven by carbon’s combustion.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Residues about?
Residues offers readers a new approach for conceptualizing the environmental impacts of chemicals production, consumption, disposal, and regulation. Environmental protection regimes tend to be highly segmented according to place, media, substance, and effect; academic scholarship often reflects this same segmented approach. Yet, in chemical substances we encounter phenomena that are at once voluminous and miniscule, singular and ubiquitous, regulated yet unruly. Inspired by recent studies of materiality and infrastructures, we introduce “residual materialism” as a framework for attending to the socio-material properties of chemicals and their world-making powers. Tracking residues through time, space, and understanding helps us see how the past has been built into our present chemical environments and future-oriented regulatory systems, why contaminants seem to always evade control, and why the Anthropocene is as inextricably harnessed to the synthesis of carbon into new molecules as it is driven by carbon’s combustion.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Residues?
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes > Environmental science, engineering and technology > Pollution control
Where can I read a sample of Residues?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781978818019
Is Residues part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Nature, Society, and Culture
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Residues?
Angela N. H. Creager, Carsten Reinhardt, Emmanuel Henry, Jody A. Roberts, Nathalie Jas, Scott Frickel, Soraya Boudia
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Residues is available as paperback(ISBN 9781978818019) and ebook(ISBN 9781978818033) and pdf(ISBN 9781978818057)
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