#post-natural

[katisc]

(via The Atomic Tree Official Trailer 原爆の木 on Vimeo)

[experimentalmuseum]

Carnegie Museum of Natural History initiates a discussion of the Anthropocene

Centuries ago, scientists and explorers began to collect botanical, zoological and geological specimens in part because they were fascinating and in part ...

“The museum plans to hire a curator of the Anthropocene in January. In a turnabout from the usual, the exhibition focuses on... climate change, pollution, extinction, habitat alteration and post-natural history.”

[curatingcuriosities]

FIVE: Designing Media Ecology / Issue 6: The Anthropocene and our Post-natural Future

I’m delighted to have contributed a short paper “‘Planetary’ Knowledge? Moving Beyond Internationalism” to one of the most intellectually exciting magazines from Tokyo. FIVE: Designing Media Ecology Issue 6 is on The Anthropocene and our Post-natural Future, edited by Prof Osamu Sakura (Evolutionary Biology and Science Communication) and the artist Andrew Yang. [The editorial board: + Prof Shin Mizukoshi (Socio-Media Studies) and Prof Yoshitaka Mōri (Sociology and Cultural Studies)] 今最も面白いマガジンの一つ、ファイブに英論文「”惑星的”知識? 国際主義を超えて」を寄稿させていただきました。今回の特集は「アンスロポセンの光と影：人間と自然の未来」で、佐倉治教授とアーティストのアンドリュー・ヤン氏による編集です。[編集委員: + 水越伸教授・毛利嘉考教授]

I wrote the piece with a hope to not only contribute to the beginning of the Anthropocene debates in the context of Japanese historiography on cultures of nature -- but also to critically re-assess and potentially revise our methods of theoretical knowledge practice and integration that are still too often trapped in the ‘West-to-East’ imperial conception. Please let me know if you are interested; I look forward to any suggestions and feedbacks. 今はまだ盛んに成されていない、日本の文脈を通したアンスロポセンの議論を新たに始めるきっかけの為だけでなく、現代知識を養う現場において、いまなお二極化されている視点に基づいた「西」から「東」への、一方的な流れとしての帝国主義的な知識のグローバリゼーションにおける危険性を見直すためのきっかけにもなれば、という願いも込めて執筆しました。英論文のみで恐縮ですが、ご興味がございましたら是非お声がけください。ご笑覧の上、ご意見・ご感想いただけましたら幸いです。

For information on both paper and electronic editions, please visit: http://www.fivedme.org/ Some of the featured papers, including mine, will also be accessible through Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin’s online database in the near future. But ideally, the magazine should be read as a whole!  紙版とPDF版の販売情報につきましては、ホームページをご参照ください。http://www.fivedme.org/ 私のものを含める特集論文の 中の幾つかは、近い将来ベルリンHKWのオンライン・データベース経由でもご拝読いただけるようにもなる予定です。が、一冊のマガジンとしてお読みいただくことをお勧めします！ 

Lastly but not the least, thanks to the editors, fellow contributors, and everyone who was involved in the making! 編集者様、執筆軍の方々、制作に携わった方々、どうもありがとうございました！

[hyperallergic]

The Center for PostNatural History’s mission is to collect, document, and study living organisms that have been intentionally altered by people. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and founded by artist and Carnegie Mellon professor, Richard Pell, the Center is the result of years of research and an art project slowly transforming into a tiny and unique museum.

A Museum for Our Postnatural Age

[curiouszoom]

Meat Tube ::[ in two parts; part 2 ]::

CLOUDSEED

Video Composed by Jacob M. Johnson

Music Improvisation By Ian Huddleston

View CLOUDSEED on archive.org