Impermanence: Exploring continuous change across cultures
About this ebook
In cases drawn from all over the world, this volume investigates the significance of impermanence in such diverse contexts as social death, atheism, alcoholism, migration, ritual, fashion, oncology, museums, cultural heritage and art. The authors draw on a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, art history, Buddhist studies, cultural geography and museology. This volume also includes numerous photographs, artworks and poems that evocatively communicate notions and experiences of impermanence.
About the author
Haidy Geismar is Professor of Anthropology in the UCL Department of Anthropology where she is also curator of the UCL Ethnography Collections, and current head of the Material, Visual, and Digital Culture Research group.
Ton Otto is Professor of Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark, and James Cook University, Australia.
Cameron David Warner is Associate Professor of Anthropology who studies Tibet, Nepal and the Himalayas.
