Edition 71

Remaking the Balance

  • Published 2nd February, 2021
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-56-6
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

As the world teeters between old and new ways of doing, can we remake the balance between what we need and what we nurture? Can we forge a new equilibrium to sustain us into the twenty-first century?

Having challenged so much – social practices and social structures, habits of mind and habits of leisure – will the pandemic leave a lasting legacy on how we shape the world? Griffith Review 71: Remaking the Balance examines how our natural, economic and cultural systems might be refashioned post-pandemic: will it be a return to business as usual, or can we reinvent our relationship with all that is animal, vegetable and mineral to create a more sustainable future?

Edited by Ashley Hay, Remaking the Balance looks at how we can do more with what we have, and features leading writers and thinkers, including Gabrielle ChanClare Wright, Matthew Evans, Sophie Cunningham, Inga Simpson, John Kinsella,  Declan Fry, plus an exclusive Q&A with Barbara Kingsolver.


AUDIO

Listen to Editor Ashley Hay read her introduction ‘Create, destroy, reset’.

Listen to Nardi Simpson read ‘Gifts across space and time’.

Listen to journalist Nance Haxton‘s ‘Returning fire to Australia’s landscapes’, and read the transcript here.

Listen to Inga Simpson read ‘Blue crane’.

Listen to Tony Wood, Grattan Institute, discuss ‘Accord and antagonisms’.

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Gifts across space and time

A speak/listen trade will always include things that have never been thought or said before as well as the word gifts I wish to give. When things like this appear in a trade, don’t worry – it doesn’t mean I am making things up or holding information back. I’m not ripping you off! It is a sign there is respect in the speak/listen relationship. It is proof the relationship is alive, growing, and we are learning together. This happens a lot when people meet to talk about culture and cultural things.

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