For Emplacement

“Mario Blaser offers a new and vibrant conceptual and political vocabulary to approach the problems of our times in relation to indigeneity, environment, and knowledge. Drawing on anthropology, science and technology studies, and political theory, this book helps us escape colonizing forms of thought and keeps space open for alternative forms of being and living. For Emplacement is a bold invitation built on careful thinking, meticulous consideration of ethnographic worlds, and potent writing.” - Andrea Ballestero, author of A Future History of Water

“In this impressive and important book, Mario Blaser sharpens the conceptual and political stakes of political ontology. He makes a compelling argument for a political orientation toward the ‘small’ in the face of a politics of the global, universal, and transcendent. This ‘small’ politics would help build a pluriverse consisting of a set of emergent and connected yet divergent collectives. Complex, thoughtful, and provocative, For Emplacement will find a wide readership in anthropology, geography, Latin American studies, development studies, and Indigenous studies.” - Bruce Braun, Professor of Geography, University of Minnesota

“This is a book that contributes significantly to the discussion of the heterogeneity of life projects, without the anxiety of homogenizing them, and thereby maintaining the richness that comes with non-response, lack of strategy, and the constant recreation of our relationship with place.”

"Carefully composed and original in its form, the new book from Blaser is set to attract an interdisciplinary audience and spark conversations." - Julia Turska, Journal of Anthropological Research