The undeniable impact of humankind on society and environment or what scholars have identified as humankind’s continual “transforming the planet” (Schwagerl, 2014, p. 9) has been described as the age of the Anthropocene. Global change is a phenomenon that marks a profound change in the relationship between humans and the rest of nature (Steffen, Crutzen & McNeill, 2007). The Anthropocene is not only a contested epoch in human existence but, as an era evoking wicked problems, it raises issues for researchers and the porous boundaries of the paradigmatic approaches used. There have been calls for scholarship that draw attention to the unique shift in our epoch; “experimental monographs that redefine the boundaries of disciplinary fields, rhetorical invasions, the interface of conceptual and scientific languages, and geomorphic and geopolitical interventions” (Cohen & Colebrook, 2016, p. i). This edited volume provides an assemblage of texts to fill this gap, providing a comprehensive coverage of educational paradigms and critiques of perspectives toward the wicked problems of the Anthropocene.
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