Lithium : estados de agotamiento = Lithium : states of exhaustion / eds. Francisco Díaz, Anastasia Kubrak, Marina Otero Verzier.

Date:
2021
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Lithium : states of exhaustion

Description

"Since its discovery, lithium has been presented as a cure for the bodily exhaustion brought about by the capitalist economy. Prescribed for treating mania and depression since 1817, today lithium is better known as a vital element in the transition to renewable energies. However, our increasing dependence on lithium is resulting in the degradation and collapse of entire ecosystems due to its extraction. On a journey through the salt flats of Bolivia, the evaporation pools of Chile's Atacama Desert and European spa resorts, Lithium: States of Exhaustion introduces us to the subjects and objects powered by this extraordinary element. Published by Ediciones ARQ (Chile) and Het Nieuwe Instituut, this bilingual and bilateral book brings together the thinking of architects, academics, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, philosophers, journalists and activists on lithium extraction, pharmacology and mental health."--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Santiago, Chile : Ediciones ARQ : Escuela de Arquitectura, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ; Rotterdam : Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2021.

Physical description

63, XCIX, 107 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Contents

Introduction / Marina Otero Verzier -- This Extraordinary Rock / LiCo (David David Habets, Cameron Hu, Stefan Schäfer) -- From Burnout to 7Up: On Bathing and Mining Grounds / Anastasia Kubrak -- Lithium / Het Nieuwe Instituut -- The Architecture of the European Mineral Spa / Christie Pearson -- The Breast Milk of the Volcano. Unknown Fields -- From the Origins to the Ends of Life on Earth / Godofredo Pereira, Alonso Barros -- Salar de Llamara, Chile / Lithium Triangle Research Studio -- Microorganisms in the Desert / Lithium Triangle Research Studio -- Mingxin Li -- On the Ground / Rolando Humire, Cristina Dorador, and Alonso Barros, in conversation with Godofredo Pereira -- Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cristóbal Olivares -- The King of Lithium / Daniel Matamala -- On Bipolar Expeditions / Emily Martin, in conversation with Anastasia Kubrak -- Healing as Killing / Byung-Chul Han -- Architectures of Bipolarity / Francisco Díaz -- Lithium: Towards a Theory of Bipolar Transitions / Marina Weinberg, Cristóbal Bonelli -- Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia / Cedric Gerbehaye -- Evaporations / Pedro Alonso -- Watercolors / Pedro Alonso, Ignacio Infante -- The Cosmological Lithium Problem / Francisco Förster.
Introducción / Marina Otero Verzier -- Una roca extraordinaria / LiCo (David Habets, Cameron Hu, Stefan Schäfer) -- Del burnout a tup: sobre terrenos de baño y minería / Anastasia Kubrak -- Litio / Het Nieuwe Instituut -- La arquitectura del spa mineral europeo / Christie Pearson -- La leche materna del volcán / Unknown Fields -- De los orígenes a los finales de la vida en la tierra / Godofredo Pereira, Alonso Barros -- Salar de Llamara. Chile / Lithium Triangle Studio -- Microorganismos en el desierto / Lithium Triangle Research S tudio -- Minaxin Li -- En el terreno / Rolando Humire. Christina Dorador v Alonso Barros, en conversación con Codofredo Pereira -- Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cristóbal Olivares -- El rey del litio / Daniel Matamala -- Sobre expediciones bipolares / Emily Martin en conversación con Anastasia Kubrak -- La sanación como asesinato / Byung-Chul Han -- Arquitecturas de la bipolaridad / Francisco Díaz -- Litio: hacia una teoría de las transiciones bipolares / Marina Weinberg, Cristóbal Bonelli -- Salar de Uyuni. Bolivia / Cédric Gerbehave -- Evaporaciones / Pedro Alonso -- Acuarelas / Pedro Alonso, Ignacio Infante -- El problema cosmológico del litio / Francisco Förster.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Language note

Parallel texts in Spanish and English issued back-to-back and inverted.

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    History of Medicine
    ZVEC.7
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  • 9569571888
  • 9789569571886