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  • Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, University of Lausanne

    Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne and co-director of the New American Studies Master’s specialization program. She has published two monographs, eight edited collections of essays, and numerous articles on topics ranging from the Eco-Gothic to American counterculture.
    https://people.unil.ch/agnieszkasoltysikmonnet/

  • Christian Arnsperger, University of Lausanne

    Christian Arnsperger is Professor of Sustainability and Economic Anthropology at the University of Lausanne and coordinator of the Master’s program in Foundations and Practices of Sustainability. He specializes in the existential and ecological critique of capitalism, post-growth economics and sustainable counterculture, the transition from circularity to “permacircularity,” and the systemic links between money and sustainability.
    https://igd.unil.ch/ChArnsperger/en/publications/
    https://arnsperger-perma-circular.com/

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2022-11-24

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Soltysik Monnet, Agnieszka. 2022. “Introduction”. Translated by Christian Arnsperger. Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, no. 12 (November): 7-31. https://doi.org/10.18778/2083-2931.12.01.