Tim Ingold - Correspondences

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2 Title Page Correspondences Tim Ingold polity

3 Copyright Page Copyright © Tim Ingold 2021 The right of Tim Ingold to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Internal branch images: Insh1na/iStock First published in 2021 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4412-7 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Preface and acknowledgements Notes

5 InvitationLetters from the heart Digitization and loss More than human Being and becoming A waste of knowing The rigour of amateurs The way of art Notes

6 Tales from the Woods Introduction Somewhere in Northern Karelia… Notes Pitch black and firelight Notes In the shadow of tree being Body Shadow Touch Time Art Notes Ta, Da, Ça! Notes

7 Spitting, Climbing, Soaring, Falling Introduction Notes The foamy saliva of a horse The mountaineer’s lament Notes On flight Notes Sounds of snow Notes

8 Going to Ground Introduction Notes Scissors paper stone Notes Ad coelum Notes Are we afloat? Notes Shelter Notes Doing time Notes

9 The Ages of the Earth Introduction Notes The elements of fortune Notes A stone’s life Notes The jetty Notes On extinction Notes Three short fables of self-reinforcement Notes

10 Line, Crease, Thread Introduction Lines in the landscape Notes The chalk-line and the shadow Fold Notes Taking a thread for a walk Notes Letter-line and strike-through Notes

11 For the Love of Words Introduction Notes Words to meet the world Notes In defence of handwriting Notes Diabolism and logophilia Notes Cold blue steel Notes

12 Au revoir

13 End User License Agreement

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3 Title Page Correspondences Tim Ingold polity

4 Copyright Page Copyright © Tim Ingold 2021 The right of Tim Ingold to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Internal branch images: Insh1na/iStock First published in 2021 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4412-7 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

5 Preface and acknowledgements

6 Invitation

7 Begin Reading

8 Au revoir

9 End User License Agreement

1 Somewhere in Northern Karelia … Figure 1The boulder: a page from my sketchbook. (Photo by the author.)

2 Pitch black and firelight Figure 2The sun and the moon. Detail from a painting from the wooden ceiling of the stav…

3 In the shadow of tree being Figure 3 Respirare l’ombra [Breathe the shadow], drawing by Giuseppe Penone, 1987. (Court… Figure 4 Gli alberi dei travi [The trees of the beams], drawing by Giuseppe Penone, 1970.…

4 Ta, Da, Ça! Figure 5 Ta, Da, Ça! (stick, magnet, radiator), photo by Émile Kirsch, 2017. (Courtesy of…

5 The foamy saliva of a horse Figure 6Sea shells on stand, from Carol Bove, The Foamy Saliva of a Horse. (© Carol Bove… Figure 7Sea shells off stand, from Carol Bove, The Foamy Saliva of a Horse. (© Carol Bov… Figure 8Groynes on Aberdeen beach. A tree-trunk, tossed up by the storm of New Year, 201…

6 On flight Figure 9 Thermal , 1960, by Peter Lanyon (1918–1964). (Courtesy of the Tate Gallery, St Iv…

7 Scissors paper stone Figure 10Exaggerated cross-section of a palimpsest. (Photo by the author.) Figure 11Earth, atmosphere and ground as interface. (Photo by the author.) Figure 12The ground at the meeting of earth and atmosphere. (Photo by the author.)

8 Ad coelum Figure 13Open codex and closed book in cross-section. (Photo by the author.)

9 Shelter Figure 14Shelter in a rocky overhang. (Photo by Tim Knowles, courtesy of the artist.) Figure 15Barrel shelter with door open. (Photo by Tim Knowles, courtesy of the artist.)

10 Doing time Figure 16 Punching the Time Clock: One-Year Performance 1980–1981 , photo by Michael Shen. …

11 The elements of fortune Figure 17New Year’s tin. (Photo by Tero Sivula, courtesy of Lehtikuva.)

12 A stone’s life Figure 18 Selinunte – Ruins , a photograph by Giovanni Crupi, dating from the 1880s or 1890…

13 The jetty Figure 19 Cone , by Wolfgang Weileder, 2014. (Photo by Colin Davidson.) Figure 20The jetty at Dunston Staiths, Gateshead. (Photo by Colin Davidson.)

14 Introduction Figure 21(a)–(c)Paper sheet with ruled line (a), screwed into a ball (b), and a part of the shee…

15 Lines in the landscape Figure 22Lines in the landscape. (Photo by Nisha Keshav.) Figure 23Ploughed field, drainage ditch and wood. (Photo by Nisha Keshav.) Figure 24Starlings on wires. (Photo by Nisha Keshav.)

16 The chalk-line and the shadow Figure 25Chalk-line (2019), by Matthieu Raffard and Mathilde Roussel. (Photo courtesy of … Figure 26The shadow of the chalk-line (2019), by Matthieu Raffard and Mathilde Roussel. …

17 Fold Figure 27The meeting of letters across a fold. (Photo by the author.)

18 Taking a thread for a walk Figure 28A wound-up pencil-line. (Photo by the author.) Figure 29Ball of wool, by Anne Masson and Eric Chevalier. (Photo by Christian Aschman.) Figure 30Vest and ball, by Anne Masson and Eric Chevalier. (Photo by Christian Aschman.) Figure 31Two chairs in one, by Anne Masson and Eric Chevalier. (Photo by Christian Aschma…