BOOK TITLE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In this book, Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing takes an in-depth look at the Matsutake mushroom commodity chain by exploring unexpected corners of capitalism. Matsusake is an important mushroom. With its ability to care for trees, Matsusake helps the preservation of the wilderness. In Japan, Matsusake is a food commodity with an expensive price. In this book, Tsing invites us to see the varied and unique Matsusake trade from the Japanese culinary world to capitalist traders to Hmong forest warriors to industrial forests to Yi China goat herders to Finnish tour guides. This take us into the history of the forest and fungal ecology to better understand ways of living together in a time of great human destruction. Examining the world's most sought-after mushroom, this book presents an examination of the relationship between the destruction caused by capitalism and the collaborative way of life in a multispecies landscape.

A DIALOG WITH:

Hatib Abdul Kadir (Department of Anthropology, Universitas Brawijaya; UCSC alumni) and
Fathun Karib (Department of Sociology, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah; Ph.D candidate, Binghamton University, NY)

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 5PM WIB

Registration: https://eutenika.org/daftar