Name: Dark Laboratory
SKU: 64317309
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Author: Dr Tao Leigh Goffe
ISBN: 9780241628553

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Dark Laboratory

Dr Tao Leigh Goffe (Author) · Dk · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Dark Laboratory"

An exhilarating urgent work Dark Laboratory threads together ecological and human crises in an original glittering web Afua HirschFrom award winning writer and theorist Tao Leigh Goffe an urgent investigation into the intertwined history of colonialism and the climate crisis and the lessons we can learn to fight for a better world Our planet is on the precipice of dramatic ecological breakdown and climate despair is at an all time high But there are many communities who have survived beyond the environmental destruction wrought on them by colonialism and they hold the solutions for climate repair Using the Caribbean as a case study Tao Leigh Goffe traces the vibrant and complex history of the islands back to 1492 and the arrival of Christopher Columbus when the Caribbean became the subject of Western exploitation Charting the human and ecological forces that have shaped the islands Goffe examines the legacy of fierce warrior Queen Nanny of the Maroons engages in pressing cultural debate about stolen artefacts and human remains which are kept hidden in museum archives and visits Indigenous farming cooperatives who are using ancestral knowledge to rebuild their communities Using the Caribbean as a both a warning and a guide Dark Laboratory takes