"Solastalgia" sucks as a word
“The name for what ails us has been a matter of debate for years – “climate anxiety”, “eco-grief”, “solastalgia” – but none of these labels sound strong enough to capture the enervating creep of loss and dread that torments so many.”
This is an utterly brilliant analysis of the source of our communal dread. As much as we scientists have pounded on this for decades, leave it to a novelist to help us understand what is really happening. 🌏🧪
The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are
Here's the Bandcamp link for the album itself. Nice to hear Julia Kent play cello on the available track. [Spoiler alert] I played one of his records today and got lost in the drones. Solastalgia is still my favorite but this song is texturally diverse. irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/fa-adi...
8 track album
Vêm participar com a gente desse debate sobre Eco-Ansiedade, Ansiedade Climática, solastalgia, e outras emoções climáticas! 🧪
senti uma solastalgia
Absolutely, it hits deep. Feeling solastalgia reminds us of the emotional toll of climate change. It's like grieving for a future that's slipping through our fingers, even while we're still in the present. 🌍💔
This concept nests nicely alongside solastalgia, "the homesickness you have while still at home" (Glenn Albrecht). I think this describes the sense of mourning for landscapes lost to climate change even before they are gone.
El próximo sábado a las 18:00 en la Plaza de España, en el marco del Festival de las Ideas, estaré debatiendo con Carmen Madorrán y Jorge Riechmann sobre cambio climático, solastalgia y transiciones ecosociales. Por si gustan:
Threats to the Gaviao indigenous territory (PA): Solastalgia and other psychotherapeutic emotions: http://osf.io/2xc63/