Buchtipp: Madalina Diaconu, Aesthetics of weather

Madalina Diaconu, Aesthetics of Weather 2024
Madalina Diaconu, Aesthetics of Weather 2024

Wetter und Klima sind nicht nur tägliches Gesprächsthema, nicht nur Faszination für WetterenthusiastInnen, nicht nur fundamentaler Teil unseres Lebensraumes, sondern auch prägend für unsere psychische Tagesverfassung, unsere kulturellen Eigenschaften und prägend für unseren vergangenen und künftigen Fortschritt.

Madalina Diaconu, vielen aus unserer Community durch ihre Arbeit und Vorträge bekannt, beleuchtet in ihrem neuen Buch das breite Spektrum historischer und neuer Interaktion zwischen Atmosphäre und unserer menschlichen Existenz.

Eine Pflichtlektüre für alle vom Wetter Begeisterten!


Ausgewählte internationale Referenzen:

‘This rich and delightful book offers a first comprehensive look to the aesthetics of weather. We all have firsthand experience of weather and its perceptual and aesthetic qualities but rarely stop to think the further implications of this everyday phenomena. With Dr. Diaconu’s help it is now easier to understand experiences related to weather, especially in the times of human-inflicted climate change.’

— Sanna Lehtinen, Research Fellow, Aalto University School of Arts, Finland


‘As a result of a multidisciplinary aesthetic approach and the brilliant analysis of various cases studies (wind, tornadoes, contemporary art, etc.), Diaconu’s book is a significant step forward in the field of atmospheric studies and ethics of environmental responsibility.’

— Tonino Griffero, Full Professor of Aesthetics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy


‘This ground-breaking study takes us on a mesmerizing journey into, above, below, around, and through the all-too-familiar, yet strangely unfamiliar, weatherworld. Diaconu’s probing and thought-provoking exploration, informed by meticulous research on diverse disciplines, practices, and cultural traditions, will forever change our experience of the air, weather, and celestial phenomena.’

— Yuriko Saito, Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Rhode Island School of Design, USA

Aus dem Verlagshaus:

In an age of rife consumption, the aesthetics of weather becomes vital for fostering sustainable patterns of behaviour and for improving scientific communication. In response, offering the first indepth examination of the aesthetics of weather, this book analyses multisensory atmospheres and the “art in the air”, whilst rejecting the short-sighted “consumption” of landscapes and fine weather.
With its broad scope of inquiry ranging from Aristotle to ecophenomenology, from the pioneers of meteorology to contemporary art, and from everyday aesthetics to waste management, this book calls attention to the global and intergenerational implications of individual practices and argues that an aesthetics of weather can become a valuable ally to climate ethics in the Anthropocene.

MADALINA DIACONU
is Associate Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria. She is also a member of the editorial boards of Contemporary Aesthetics, Studia Phaenomenologica, and polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren. She has authored ten books and co-edited twelve collective volumes on aesthetics, environmental ethics, the phenomenology of touch, smell and taste, and urban sensescapes.





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