Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene: Pluriversal Perspectives is a « living reference work » published by Springer Nature from 2026. I work as Associate Editor responsible of the « Architecture » Section of the Encyclopedia since 2024, and coordinate a few dozens entries in it, written by researchers, architects and scholars from all over the world.

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About this book

The Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene: Pluriversal Perspectives articulates the biogeophysical knowledge of the Anthropocene, as well as the socio-political knowledge. The concept of he Anthropocene – as a new geological epoch characterized by a lasting change in the conditions of habitability of the Earth for all living things, and especially for human life in society – structures the Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. The Encyclopedia outlines how the paradigm of rupture gives meaning to current biogeophysical research. Considering the Anthropocene as a conceptual tool at the crossroads of several disciplinary fields – geology and stratigraphy, of course; earth system sciences; but also various disciplinary fields of the humanities- this Encyclopedia creates a new global narrative, both social, political, anthropological, and cultural. With more than 1500 entries, the encyclopedia defines new orientations for numerous academic disciplines based on the radical novelty of entering a new geological epoch. This is the go to resource for academics from any discipline confronted with the rupture marked by the Anthropocene.

Editors

Nathanaël Wallenhorst (Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Beaucouzé, France) ; Christoph Wulf (Erziehungswissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany).

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Architecture Section : already published entries (february 2026)

Ofosu-Asare, Y. (2026). Architectures: Decolonial Design Practices in Africa. In: Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51703-7_335-1