Rebecca Laurent

El Asunto del Tiempo Monika Szuba pregunta cómo los humanos lidian con el tiempo profundo a través del examen de la vida fosilizada, la vida contemporánea y la vida sintética.

¡Feliz martes de traducción! Hoy en Edge Effects, Nicolás Felipe Rueda Rey y Tomás Pino traducen el ensayo de
@monikaszuba.bsky.social sobre el tiempo profundo y las políticas de la descomposición. ¿Podemos comprender el cambio geológico y los residuos plásticos en nuestra corta vida? 🦴⏳

Cyborg Horses, Urban Growth and the Changing Nature of Labor Archives from Madison, Wisconsin show the role of mechanized horses, or equine "cyborg" labor, in the growth of U.S. cities.

Today on Edge Effects, former managing editor Bri Meyer explores the multispecies assemblages that built U.S. cities: how horses were mechanized to perform "cyborg" labor, how these multispecies relationships changed in the automobile era, and the lasting equine footprints in Madison, WI. 🐴🤖

"As divisiveness intensifies in the U.S. and around the world, may this project bear witness to the beauty and power of artistic collaboration." Thank you to the huge team of people who made this exhibit possible!

"How do you document the memories of the earth? What does the Anthropocene look like? How does one represent a change in the air, the wind? These photographers explore how to represent the unrepresentable: the absence of water, the presence of air, and the feeling of home." 👇💙

Faculty Recommendations: Environmental Futures and Futurity Faculty recommend books, films, and exhibits that critically examine the construction, utility, and politics of environmental futures.

Today on Edge Effects, scholars from a range of disciplines share books/films they are most excited to teach this year on environmental futures and futurity. Their gift for our present, these recommendations span from science fiction to documentary, speculative poetry to historical exhibit. 📚💭

"People knew about the iconic trinity of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold... But here were Indian thinkers who are saying interesting, unusual, prescient things about human attitudes and relationships to nature."

What a privilege to welcome Dr. Guha to the podcast!

"Imagine how much more hopeless the industrial food system must appear to these cattle, and yet they still choose to be interested in their own lives! Perhaps all I can wish is to stay engaged with this world, even when change feels impossible, even when the choices before me are laughable." 🫶

“Their humanity erased by the conditions of their life and death, these small artifacts are a powerful reminder: they parented, sang, and prayed, like anyone.”

What a powerful, timely exhibit!

"We ought to take these libertarians seriously when they express the desire to create new societies, especially as they gain the political clout to reshape ours." 🙌 you're amazing @poisoniv3y.bsky.social