• Adam Bobbette - The Pulse of the Earth

  • Feb 27 2025
  • Length: 36 mins
  • Podcast

Adam Bobbette - The Pulse of the Earth

  • Summary

  • Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Adam Bobbette (Glasgow) to discuss his 2023 book, The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java, published by Duke University Press. Their conversation covers the history of plate tectonic theory, human-earth systems relationships, and how to live and do research in the Anthropocene.

    Dr. Adam Bobbette is Lecturer in Political Geology in the School of Geographical & Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow. The Pulse of the Earth is his first monograph and is currently being translated into Indonesian. In addition, he has co-edited four books on the academic press; contributed to The London Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Cabinet, N+1, and e-flux; and collaborated creatively with filmmakers, architects, and visual artists.

    Links:

    University Profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/adambobbette/

    The Pulse of the Earth: https://dukeupress.edu/the-pulse-of-the-earth

    The Indian Ocean World Podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced by Sam Gleave Riemann, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership "Appraising Risk, Past and Present."

    Music: "Nam Nhi-tu" by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con

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