From the Anthropocene to Geoanthropology: An Interview with Nigel Clark

This interview with Nigel Clark (which took place in June 2025), conducted by Giovanni Fava and Justas Patkauskas, explores the concept of geoanthropology in relation to Clark’s longstanding engagement with geophilosophy and inhuman geography. Emerging from the Anthropocene debates, geoanthropology investigates the shifting relations between the planet and its human and non-human inhabitants. The conversation considers key concepts in this framework, including geopraxis, planetary multiplicity, and asymmetrical relationality. Clark emphasizes the need to foreground the material dimension of planetary existence prior to addressing its social and political implications. For him, acknowledging the surplus of agency on the part of the Earth in human–planet relations opens up the way for new forms of politics and life beyond capitalism. The interview is accompanied by a short introduction that outlines Clark’s interdisciplinary contributions to planetary thought.