Tagged: Ideas of Nature

Many tree trunks covered in moss. Green vegetation is visible at the bottom of the image.

Plants By Any Other Name

What’s in a name? Knowledge, power, and history, Jens Benöhr, Constanza López, and Kara Lena Virik argue. The scientific names of plants root botanical knowledge in colonial relationships. To decolonize ecology, we must embrace the pluriverse of knowing, naming, and living with the world.

Acacia trees form a line at the edge of the Tambass wetland. Tufts of grass poke out of the water.

The Queer Ecologies of the Tambass Wetlands

Richard Watts, Maureen Ryan, and Danny Hoffman wade through the queer ecology and relations that characterize the Tambass wetlands, shaped as they are by precarity, impermanence, and survivance.

A light grey parrot perches atop a wooden, horizontal pole. The bird is crouched down with its head extended toward the left side of the picture. Its black beak is slightly ajar.

Parrots at Play in the Arab Soundscape

Joseph Leidy deciphers the cacophany of parrot voices on Arab social media, from faithful recitations of the Quran to playful banter. The parrots speak to autonomy and play in multispecies companionships.

A shoreline with a statue of an bird, in flight and facing toward the water, on the land. The land has vibrant green grass in the foreground and rocks leading into a light blue ocean.

El Asunto del Tiempo

Monika Szuba enfrenta el tiempo profundo a través del examen de la descomposición, entre lo que es real y lo que es sintético. En este contexto, escribe que la longue durée no es lo suficientemente larga para concebir el cambio antropogénico que se despliega a nuestro alrededor.

two golden fish thrashing above water

Carp as Villains and Victims

Teri Harman considers resilience, fishy companionship, and the culpability of “invasive” carp in Utah Lake. Are carp villains or victims?