Towards an anthropology of climate change and the Anthropocene: contributions from Latin America to recreate the collective imagination

This article analyzes the contributions of anthropology to the study of climate change and the Anthropocene as a field of social and political inquiry. It highlights the discipline’s holistic, situated, and reflexive approach to understanding the diversity of responses to the climate crisis, particularly in and from Latin America. The article reviews some of the main historical approaches to climate and outlines the evolution of the field’s theoretical and methodological interests in light of its growing global and local relevance. In this context, it examines how the emergence of the Anthropocene has fostered major debates on knowledge production in the region, and reflects on the contributions of anthropology to reimagining collective imaginaries and thinking about alternative futures that are currently under dispute.

Keywords:
Anthropology; climate change; Anthropocene; Imagination; Latin America