Dear GTA community and friends, We are seeking abstracts for chapters and creative contributions (artistic, poetic, musical, performative, or any other) to be considered for inclusion in this exciting book project which is confirmed to be published open access by Edward Elgar Publishing<https://www.e-elgar.com/>. “Urban human-nature partnerships – From the Anthropocene to the Ecocene” Edited by Martina Artmann, Jessica Böhme, Markus Egermann, Christoph Woiwode The book aims to re-discover, re-think, and re-sense the soulfulness, intelligence, and relational value of nonhuman nature in cities, its peri-urban borders and urban land teleconnections. We seek chapter proposals that engage with the following themes: • System knowledge: The contributions of this section will reflect on a relational perspective of urban social-ecological systems presenting cutting-edge research on urban sustainability challenges and human´s and nonhuman´s nature self-efficacy to speak with an own voice. • Target knowledge: Chapters of this section will present future visions that nourish innovative thinking and ideas for a good life for human and nonhuman nature and thereby provide science, civic population, and decision-makers basic points of reference on how to approach the desired change. • Transformation knowledge: The selected chapter of this section will illustrate external and internal pathways of individual and collective actors which foster transformative turning points for joyful and serious kin-making with nonhuman nature in urban daily life. We welcome a range of theoretical, empirical and practical studies from all parts of the world (co-)authored by people with diverse backgrounds. Therefore, apart from academic contributions we explicitly invite innovative formats that explore human-nature partnerships beyond intellectual textual explorations, such as artistic, poetic, or performative. For further information, please find enclosed a flyer with links to the detailed description of the aims and structure of the book, the schedule and formal guidelines as well as the online submission. If you are resonating with the book and interested in contributing to it, please send us a brief chapter proposal, including: * • working title * • list of authors and affiliations * • information to which book section (system, target, or transformation knowledge) you´ll contribute to and how * • intention to contribute to an academic text-chapter or if you present an artistic, poetic, or performative case * • abstract of approximately 250 words Please submit your expressions of interest till 15th September 2024 via the online submission form<https://eu.jotform.com/241711884638969> We are looking forward to receive your many ideas! Kind regards, The editorial team ----- Dr. Christoph Woiwode Adjunct Faculty Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) Dep. of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Chennai 600 036, India e-mail: [email protected] I [email protected] IGCS website<https://www.igcs-chennai.org/> | IGCS at RWTH Aachen University<https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/pOfrRV-KW8Q/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rwth-aachen.de%2Fcms%2Froot%2FStudium%2FIm-Studium%2FStipendien-Foerderung%2FListe-von-Stipendien%2F%7Egqjn%2FIndo-German-Centre-for-Sustainability-I%2F%3Flidx%3D1> |IGCS Facebook<https://deref-gmx.net/mail/client/aSf4tZpH184/dereferrer/?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Figcs.chennai.aachen%2F> Projects Sustainability Education - the IGCS NOOK Self-learning space near Chennai<https://www.igcs-chennai.org/research/igd/> New publications: Woiwode C, Ramachandran A, Philip T, Rishika D and Rajan SC (2024) Identifying entry points for adaptive governance in peri-urban Chennai (India): a multi-dimensional, multi-level, and multi-scalar approach. Front. Sustain. Cities 6:1368240. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1368240<https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2024.1368240> Rajan, S.C., Woiwode, C. (2023). Designing water policy in India as adaptive governance for sustainability<https://iwaponline.com/ebooks/book/880/chapter/3486492/Designing-water-policy-in-India-as-adaptive>. L. Philip , T. Pradeep and S. M. Bhallamudi (Editors). Technological Solutions for Water Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects – Towards a Water-secure India<https://iwaponline.com/ebooks/book/880/Technological-Solutions-for-Water-Sustainability>. IWA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2166/9781789063714_0047