Demilitarizing the Future - Hardcover

by Darcie Deangelo (Editor), Rebecca Kastleman (Editor), Joshua Reno (Editor)

Demilitarizing the Future draws from art, anthropology, and activism to investigate the entrenchment of militarism in everyday lives and consider novel imaginaries of its dissolution-of peacemaking, community, and shared equitable futures.

Author Biography

Darcie DeAngelo is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta in Canada. As an environmental and medical anthropologist trained in visual methods, her work engages with human-nonhuman relations such as the love between landmine detection rats and their handlers, the excitement of dogs and humans as they hunt for rats in cities, and the kinship of humans and their sourdough starters.

Rebecca Kastleman is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her research focuses on modern drama, theater, and performance and its intersections with social thought.

Joshua O Reno is Professor of Anthropology at Binghamton University. He is the author of several books on subjects ranging from waste management, the military industrial complex, and White supremacy in the United States, to disability and non-verbal communication.

Leah Zani is a public anthropologist based in Oakland, California. She is the author of several books and articles that investigate the social impact of explosives.