Micro-Landscapes of the AnthropoceneMain MenuMarginal WorldsPlant WorldsAnimal WorldsAmy Huang, Natasha Stavreski and Rose RzepaWatery WorldsInsect WorldsBird-Atmosphere WorldsContributed by Gemma and MerahExtinctionsMarginal WorldsSam, Zach and AlexE-ConceptsAn emergent vocabulary of eco-concepts for the late AnthropoceneSigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d
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12018-10-17T06:58:32-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d309861Link 3plain2018-10-17T06:58:32-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dThe sense of hopelessness in the world that we live in today is not just subject to human fragility. Although it does make sense in a hyper capitalisitc and trickle down economic world that we dramatically differ in lifestyle and suffer from a ‘collective depression’ as discussed last week, but who else suffers the most? In the image the Bison Skulls show generations of Bison life killed during the great slaughter in the 1800s in America. The Bison is now free from extinction and their species live on today. Scientists in the The UN Environment Programme declare that a estimates 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird, and mammal become extinct every 24 hours” (https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140529-conservation-science-animals-species-endangered-extinction/)
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1media/Screen Shot 2018-09-19 at 12.14.07 PM.png2018-09-07T15:54:37-07:00Extinctions: Photo Essay12The interconnectedness of life and deathplain2018-10-18T00:15:22-07:00A photographic exploration of the meaning and impermanence of death and extinction Butterfly Effect The butterfly is a symbol of the inherent chaos of our world , and the constant flux of time. A butterfly can flap its wings and cause a tsunami on the other side of the world. The death of a butterfly could change the course of history forever, but how would we ever know?
Ammonite Fossils are representative of deep time. This ammonite draws us down and down, a descending staircase into a prehistoric world humans are incapable of understanding.
Bison Skulls A monument to death. Too many skulls to properly comprehend the slaughter that took place show how close we came to exterminating yet another species, and the tenacity of life and it's ability to recover from even human-induced disaster.
Dead Thylacine Here, however, a single dead animal shows the death of an entire species. A hunter proudly displays his trophy , and in this image we can see the last of an entire family of unique creatures.
Chaos Theory But fossils, death, extinction, these are all dependent on our understanding of time as linear, as inflexible, as unchanging. But the world is chaos and existence isn't limited to the three dimensions humans are capable of understanding. To presume so would be the height of human arrogance. The past and future influence the present, and death and extinction are merely the result of our limited viewpoint.
