Contested Terrain - Future Observatory Journal
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Contested Terrain - Future Observatory Journal
an invitation to envision a planet wide network of peaceful, decentralised, ecologically sustainable and socially just communities. An invitation to start working towards the realisation of a Compassionate Global Village, where the health of all living beings inner worlds, relationships and communal bonds are placed at the centre of our political a
... See moreJoe Lightfoot • A Collective Blooming: The Rise Of The Mutual Aid Community
Finally, a brief comment about how Indigenous peoples understand boundaries and their practices of boundary making. This is such a complex question, that I only make some tentative remarks. One could re-read exemplary ethnographies of the past in this light. It is important to dispel, as you suggest, the romantic idea that all Indigenous peoples ha... See more
‘We must choose between narratives’ - Future Observatory Journal
“A bioregion can be determined initially by use of climatology, physiography, animal and plant geography, natural history and other descriptive natural sciences. The final boundaries of a bioregion, however, are best described by the people who have lived within it, through human recognition of the realities of living-in-place.”... See more
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Bioregioning: the defining practice of regenerative cultures
Global → Terrestrial; Producing → Engendering: for these two frames, I am taken by Latour’s idea of ‘terrestrial’ as a move towards post-human exceptionalism. His proposal explores the possibility of 'de-centring the human', and acknowledging that we are in constant interaction with other beings and natural phenomena. And more importantly, a demand... See more
Medium • Calling for a More-Than-Human Politics
prototyping more sustainable, compassionate and joyful ways of living together.