Bodies of Extraction - Underneath the Ground of Islands Medusa der Kulturtheorie und des Naturschutzes

der Kulturtheorie und des Naturschutzes einen Namen gemacht

tender and profound

By turns haunted and hopeful

‘An intense and penetrating work about the profound impact of living with violence – Shibli’s work is powerful and this translation by Elisabeth Jaquette is rendered with exquisite clarity and quiet control

Jeffrey Zuckerman)

Bodies of Extraction - Underneath the Ground of Islands Medusa der Kulturtheorie und des NaturschutzesWhat does it mean to drill deep and interfere with the configuration of tectonic plates? What does it mean to hollow out and alienate islandic undergrounds? How is wealth extracted and exploited from the ground, crumbled into fragments, transformed into matter, pieces of power, moved away to be represented elsewhere? Whose lungs and souls are capitalized upon and hidden under the suffocating dust in mining shafts? To whom do the surface of the land