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Victoria University of Wellington
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Taylor, Lachlan Gregory.
The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene.
Degree: 2018, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7843 
► This thesis is a response to an emergent discourse on the relationship between the visual arts and the Anthropocene. The latter—the stratigraphic designation for a…
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▼ This thesis is a response to an emergent discourse on the relationship between the visual arts and the
Anthropocene. The latter—the stratigraphic designation for a new geological epoch—has accrued a popularity within the contemporary art-world that is rarely afforded to a concept from the earth sciences. The uptake in
Anthropocene-themed exhibitions, publications, and think-pieces reflects the concept’s promise of an art-making and art-critical methodology that may foster a revised relationship to nature in the age of climate change.
Despite the new-found fashionability of the term, this relationship between art and the
Anthropocene has neither been comprehensively demonstrated, nor disproved. Consequently, the purpose of this thesis is to undertake this necessary interrogation.
Firstly, this is an engagement with the competing philosophies and intentions that have attached themselves to the
Anthropocene label as it progressed from a straightforward geological statement, into a profound suite of assertions regarding the relationship of humanity to our planet. The influence of the posthumanist ecological philosopher, Timothy Morton, is a particular focus for understanding what the aesthetic theory of the
Anthropocene consists of. Taken together, this theory is a promise of a new relationship with the natural world through the jettisoning of Romantic fantasies of nature in favour of an engagement with a sub-discursive, material world.
Secondly, this theory is read against ecologically conscious contemporary art works. The practices of Pierre Huyghe, Simon Starling, and Conor Clarke speak to the same concerns as the aesthetic
Anthropocene. Reading these works through the lens offered by the stratigraphic concept investigates and tests the capability of the aesthetic
Anthropocene for delivering its promises of an art without nature, and a new engagement with our environments.
Ultimately, the innovations of the aesthetic
Anthropocene are novel, plentiful, but unconvincing. As a theory, it is beset by flaws and contradictions which undermine its applicability and critical potential. Consequently, ecologically conscious art does little to reflect the aims and aspirations of the aesthetic
Anthropocene, rendering it an unhelpful tool for understanding the geological present.
Advisors/Committee Members: Blackley , Roger.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Art; Nature
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APA (6th Edition):
Taylor, L. G. (2018). The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7843
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Taylor, Lachlan Gregory. “The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7843.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Taylor, Lachlan Gregory. “The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Taylor LG. The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7843.
Council of Science Editors:
Taylor LG. The Geological Present: A Critique of the Aesthetic Anthropocene. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/7843
Victoria University of Wellington
2.
Heine, Zoe.
Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Degree: 2020, Victoria University of Wellington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8947
► This thesis responds to the idea that storytelling and gardening are two practices that can be used to re-frame human action within the Anthropocene. Eight…
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▼ This thesis responds to the idea that storytelling and gardening are two practices that can be used to re-frame human action within the
Anthropocene. Eight gardeners from four community gardens in Wellington City, Aotearoa New Zealand were interviewed. Alongside the interviewees, the author gardened at each of the community gardens from late autumn to early summer 2019. The interviews and field notes have been written up as creative non-fiction essays to form the majority of this thesis. Three major themes are explored through these essays; the patchy
Anthropocene (a concept proposed by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing), the lively multispecies entanglements present at each of the community gardens, and the importance of care.
Advisors/Committee Members: Beattie, James, Corballis, Tim.
Subjects/Keywords: Garden; Anthropocene; Community
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Heine, Z. (2020). Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8947
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Heine, Zoe. “Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8947.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Heine, Zoe. “Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.” 2020. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Heine Z. Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8947.
Council of Science Editors:
Heine Z. Cultivating care: Exploring the patchy Anthropocene in four community gardens in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. [Masters Thesis]. Victoria University of Wellington; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10063/8947
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Barber, Jacob.
Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'.
Degree: PhD, 2018, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33153
► This thesis explores the scientific controversy over the 'Anthropocene', a putative new epoch of geological time conceived in 2000 by atmospheric chemist and earth system…
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▼ This thesis explores the scientific controversy over the 'Anthropocene', a putative new epoch of geological time conceived in 2000 by atmospheric chemist and earth system scientist Paul Crutzen. I trace the conception of the Anthropocene and explore its spread through a range of disciplines from the earth sciences to the humanities. Particular attention is paid to the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy. This group was tasked with considering whether or not the Anthropocene should be subject to stratigraphic formalisation and be made 'real' insofar as the discipline of stratigraphy was concerned. The group's efforts, and the wide-ranging response to them, reveal the challenge of making sense of knowledge as it moves across different disciplines, settings, and contexts. While the AWG was tasked with producing a specifically stratigraphic response to the rising prominence of the Anthropocene, in performing their investigation the group took on board wide-ranging multidisciplinary expertise. As well as raising questions about the appropriate criteria for the group's investigation, the response to the group's efforts from a diverse range of disciplines illustrates the disunity of interdisciplinary work. The movement of the controversy from scholarly journals into an increasingly public sphere reveals further questions about the relationship between scientific authority and society as a whole. While different communities disagreed about the scientific value of the Anthropocene, many shared in their recognition of the role this scientific framing could play in fomenting a political response to anthropogenic global change. This thesis argues that scholarly debates about the Anthropocene illustrate questions about authority, epistemic privilege, and the relationship between disciplines that have ramifications beyond the controversy itself.
Subjects/Keywords: 551.7; interdisciplinarity; Anthropocene
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Barber, J. (2018). Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33153
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Barber, Jacob. “Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Edinburgh. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33153.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Barber, Jacob. “Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Barber J. Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33153.
Council of Science Editors:
Barber J. Disciplinarity, epistemic friction, and the 'Anthropocene'. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33153
Rice University
4.
Luo, Xi.
Dinosaur of the Anthropocene.
Degree: M. Arch., Architecture, 2020, Rice University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/108303
► In its descent from cabinets of curiosities to museums, the exhibition of knowledge is shifted from inclusiveness to specialization. This evolution from the general to…
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▼ In its descent from cabinets of curiosities to museums, the exhibition of knowledge is shifted from inclusiveness to specialization. This evolution from the general to the specific is well-preserved in London’s Albertopolis. Where the ultimate cabinet - the Crystal Palace
- once thrived, later museums diversified along three major branches:
natural history, science, and applied art. Embodying expansion by categorization, these London museums became fossilized remains of an obsolete division of the world.
In the age of the
Anthropocene, this thesis proposes an inclusive museum that eliminates the redundant divisions of knowledge established in the Victorian era. Through archeological excavation and geological sampling, the individual museums of the Albertopolis are understood as distinctive artefacts in a single collection. The scattered bones of the Albertopolis are assembled into an integrated whole - a dinosaur of the
Anthropocene. Swallowed into one cabinet, the world can no longer be separated into the organic, the inorganic and the synthetic.
Advisors/Committee Members: Finley, Dawn (advisor), Colman, Scott W (advisor), Casbarian, John (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: architecture; museum; anthropocene
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Luo, X. (2020). Dinosaur of the Anthropocene. (Masters Thesis). Rice University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1911/108303
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Luo, Xi. “Dinosaur of the Anthropocene.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Rice University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/108303.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Luo, Xi. “Dinosaur of the Anthropocene.” 2020. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Luo X. Dinosaur of the Anthropocene. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Rice University; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/108303.
Council of Science Editors:
Luo X. Dinosaur of the Anthropocene. [Masters Thesis]. Rice University; 2020. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/108303
University of Alberta
5.
Ren, Joseph.
The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis.
Degree: MA, Department of English and Film Studies, 2016, University of Alberta
URL: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ch128nd93d
► The Anthropocene, the idea that modern humans have the capability to change the environment on geological scales, has grown to prominence as a fashionable method…
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▼ The Anthropocene, the idea that modern humans have the
capability to change the environment on geological scales, has
grown to prominence as a fashionable method of framing human-driven
climate change. Popular across academic disciplines, the
Anthropocene has also inspired debates within the humanities on the
history, present, and future of the unified species-agent that the
Anthropocene posits. I study the Anthropocene in its foundational
moments within institutional geology in order to trace its
epistemic presuppositions, conditions of possibility, limits, and
political horizons. I find that, at its emergence, the Anthropoene
categorically empties the elements of the social and the contingent
from its figuring of human history. Instead, it recounts the
dominance of colonial capitalism as a historical necessity. I
investigate furthermore the connection between the Anthropocene and
contemporary activism, exemplified in sources like climate marches,
Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and inequality, and the
Leap Manifesto against climate change. I find that much late
climate action centres around the inextricability of the question
of climate justice from other forms of justice. I read such an
orientation as a corrective to the limited speculative imagination
of the Anthropocene. Lastly, I extend the insight of the
Anthropocene, that every human is equally responsible for our
current conjuncture, to the radically democratic conclusion that
thus every human should have a say in the organization, decisions,
and futures of the species. I end with a consideration of some of
the work to be done to fulfill the promise of such an
opening.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Climate Change; Politics
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Ren, J. (2016). The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis. (Masters Thesis). University of Alberta. Retrieved from https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ch128nd93d
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ren, Joseph. “The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis.” 2016. Masters Thesis, University of Alberta. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ch128nd93d.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ren, Joseph. “The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis.” 2016. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ren J. The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Alberta; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ch128nd93d.
Council of Science Editors:
Ren J. The Anthropocene and Climate Crisis. [Masters Thesis]. University of Alberta; 2016. Available from: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/files/ch128nd93d
Stellenbosch University
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Van Breda, John Reitz.
Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach.
Degree: PhD, 2019, Stellenbosch University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106959
► ENGLISH SUMMARY : The publication in 2002, by Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen, of the ushering in of the Anthropocene, with the inception of the Industrial…
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▼ ENGLISH SUMMARY : The publication in 2002, by Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen, of the ushering in of the
Anthropocene, with the inception of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North-America in the 18th – 19th centuries, has had some far-reaching ontological, epistemological, ethical and methodological implications for our intellectual/academic endeavours. This is the case, because never before in human history on earth were we required to face the global consequences of our own actions since the dawn of this new human-induced geological epoch.
Starting at the ontological level, today we are facing the planetary consequences of non-linear human-nature causal relations – i.e. witnessing the once literally unimaginable and universally accepted fact of the immutability of all natural laws and processes. In view of the overwhelming empirical evidence of the anthropogenic causes of climate change and global warming such strongly held views / theories of the ‘objectivity’ of nature is no longer necessarily valid. On the contrary, today it has become quite plausible to accept that human actions are responsible for interfering with and changing some of the earth’s four billion year old / evolved processes – such as, for example, the earth’s temperature self-regulating mechanisms. Very importantly, though, is that this interference and change of the latter has occurred to such an extent that we can no longer speak of the latter as purely ‘natural’ occurring processes.
At the epistemological level, this truly unprecedented change in causal human-nature relations, means that we are no longer challenged with the oft-repeated philosophical questions of what is knowledge and how it is produced only. Equally, if not more, important is the question for what are we producing knowledge? In the
Anthropocene, it no longer suffices to produce knowledge that is concerned with the understanding (Verstehen) and explaining (Erklärung) of the anthropogenic causes of the
Anthropocene only; we are also, at the same time, challenged to produce knowledge that can contribute to changing (Verändern) our thinking and actions responsible for (causing) the
Anthropocene in the first place – i.e. producing practical knowledge capable of contributing to social change (Verändern) – in short, co-producing transformation knowledge.
However, co-producing transformation knowledge in the
Anthropocene is not an end in itself. Transformation knowledge is inextricably linked to ethics / ethical questions with an explicit interest in figuring out how we should act appropriately and fairly / justly in the context of the
Anthropocene today. This, in turn, means facing a triple-challenge of co-producing theoretical, practical and normative knowledge which addresses the complex problem situations facing us in the
Anthropocene today. No action is arguably the worst form of action to take in the
Anthropocene, especially when considering that that the latter is the result of some deep-rooted structural socio-economic inequalities between the rich and the poor in the…
Advisors/Committee Members: Swilling, Mark, Pohl, Christian Erik, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership..
Subjects/Keywords: Geology, Stratigraphic – Anthropocene; Interdisciplinary research
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Van Breda, J. R. (2019). Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach. (Doctoral Dissertation). Stellenbosch University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106959
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Van Breda, John Reitz. “Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Stellenbosch University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106959.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Van Breda, John Reitz. “Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach.” 2019. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Van Breda JR. Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Stellenbosch University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106959.
Council of Science Editors:
Van Breda JR. Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Stellenbosch University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106959
University of Washington
7.
Landefeld, Charles Raymond.
Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene.
Degree: 2018, University of Washington
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42032
► This thesis investigates humanity’s relationship to the natural world. With the recognition of the Anthropocene, humanity raises awareness to the scale of impact of resource…
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▼ This thesis investigates humanity’s relationship to the natural world. With the recognition of the
Anthropocene, humanity raises awareness to the scale of impact of resource extraction and consumption from the natural world. Defined by the interconnection of natural systems and human endeavors, the
Anthropocene acknowledges that humanity acts on a planetary. However, this awareness remains in the abstract, with nothing to viscerally connect the magnitude or scale to an individual’s life experiences. This thesis proposes an intervention at the scale of the landscape that provides a visceral intervention and reference to the scale of man’s impact on the planet. The intention is not to remedy the situation in one move, but to provide an experience that removes visitors from their normal surroundings and consider human interaction with the natural world.
Advisors/Committee Members: Miller, Dave (advisor), Proksch, Gundula (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Architecture; Humanity; Architecture; Architecture
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Landefeld, C. R. (2018). Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene. (Thesis). University of Washington. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42032
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Landefeld, Charles Raymond. “Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene.” 2018. Thesis, University of Washington. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42032.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Landefeld, Charles Raymond. “Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Landefeld CR. Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Washington; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42032.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Landefeld CR. Cultural Threshold: Framing the Anthropocene. [Thesis]. University of Washington; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/42032
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Rice University
8.
Carson, Joseph Thomas.
Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene.
Degree: PhD, Humanities, 2019, Rice University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/106007
► “Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in the Anthropocene” posits American writers of the romance have been writing about what we now call the Anthropocene, the…
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▼ “Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in the Anthropocene” posits American writers of the romance have been writing about what we now call the
Anthropocene, the geological epoch in which human activity becomes geographically and environmentally measurable and irreversible, for over 200 years. From the American Renaissance, with figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, to early 20th century writers such as Charles Chesnutt and William Faulkner, “Savage Arcadia” traces a persistent yet evolving recognition of environmental change, and it is through this persistent engagement with environmental transformation that the American romance novel traces the passage of time while exploring futurity and finality.
As a literary history of climate change, “Savage Arcadia” reveals the dynamism between American romance and the
Anthropocene. Yoking the romance and the
Anthropocene, “Savage Arcadia” illuminates the pernicious resurgence of romanticism in moments of economic, national and environmental crisis. Whereas American literary criticism rehearses the familiar story of the limitations of romance and its detachment from reality, this project returns to the romance with the critical tools of ecocriticism and posthumanism, thereby revealing the romance as a genre where materiality and the environment are as important as the human elements.
Tracing environmental destruction across the 19th and early 20th centuries, “Savage Arcadia” pays sustained attention to one of the most iconic features of our romantic landscape, the tree, and reads figures of the tree and its associated forms (boards, timber and deforestation) as symptoms of authors’ evolving recognition of the impact of environmental change over time. With particular attention to African American labor in the South, my project draws on the
Anthropocene as an ecological reading practice to reshape the critical landscape and historical narratives of Emancipation, Reconstruction and Jim Crow. In turn, these critical archives of labor and race reveal the theoretical limitations of contemporary theories of the
Anthropocene.
Advisors/Committee Members: Levander, Caroline (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Romance; Anthropocene; Tree; Race; Labor
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Carson, J. T. (2019). Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene. (Doctoral Dissertation). Rice University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1911/106007
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Carson, Joseph Thomas. “Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, Rice University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/106007.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Carson, Joseph Thomas. “Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene.” 2019. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Carson JT. Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Rice University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/106007.
Council of Science Editors:
Carson JT. Savage Arcadia: The American Romance in The Anthropocene. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Rice University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/106007
University of Melbourne
9.
Ahmadi, Mohebat.
Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene.
Degree: 2017, University of Melbourne
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190775
► The current epoch of a human-induced interval in geological history has been called the Anthropocene Age. This has been a focus of concern that has…
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▼ The current epoch of a human-induced interval in geological history has been called the Anthropocene Age. This has been a focus of concern that has expanded from a scientific to a broadly cultural inquiry. This period of profound human impact on the Earth’s ecosystems poses a paradigm shift in thinking about ideas of nature, ecology, and Homo sapiens itself, calling for new modes of address and representation. This thesis aims to make a timely intervention into the humanist bias of theatre by devising conceptual and aesthetic principles that relate to the Anthropocene. In the theatre, this geological, temporal, and spatial frame is shifting the focus from the human to the planetary scope, and my thesis examines how theatre is responding to this new reality by turning abstract ideas into “material expressions.” This project theorises the theatre’s role as a transformative force in dislocating dominant forms of anthropocentrism and recalibrating the problems of scale and agency born of current ecological challenges.
Looking at the work of Caryl Churchill, Stephen Sewell, Andrew Bovell, EM Lewis, and Chantal Bilodeau through the lens of Anthropocene-oriented ecocriticism, this thesis argues that ecocriticism and environmental perspectives are needed in theatre studies to sharpen the focus on the revolutions the Anthropocene causes in humanity’s condition. In a detailed analysis of key works by these playwrights in relation to global and material trends of ecocriticism, the thesis demonstrates a collection of innovative responses to representational shifts towards human and nonhuman intra-relationships, communicating the discomforting truth of hyperobjects such as the change of climate, the presence of toxic pollution, the effects of extinction, and the anxiety of sustainability. Ecological thinking applied to theatre foregrounds the “agential force” of nonhuman animals and objects, calling for a rethinking of the human subject as a “geological actor.”
Sketching a trajectory from plays that raise awareness of environmental issues to plays that directly undertake posthumanist ecological perspectives, this thesis shows how theatre and performance anticipates and stages the Anthropocene. This study demonstrates not just that the Anthropocene provides a challenge to the theatrical world but that theatre provides significant modes of inquiring into and locating it.
Subjects/Keywords: contemporary theatre; ecocriticism; Anthropocene
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APA (6th Edition):
Ahmadi, M. (2017). Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190775
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ahmadi, Mohebat. “Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190775.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ahmadi, Mohebat. “Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ahmadi M. Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190775.
Council of Science Editors:
Ahmadi M. Towards an ecocritical theatre: staging the Anthropo(s)cene. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/190775
University of Arizona
10.
Lyons, Emily Renee.
Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
.
Degree: 2018, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738
► The first generation of humans to live in a world indelibly marked by industrialism came of age in the nineteenth century. Industrialism set a pace…
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▼ The first generation of humans to live in a world indelibly marked by industrialism came of age in the nineteenth century. Industrialism set a pace of rapid social, economic, and environmental change that would come to define the Victorian era, and that would reverberate from England throughout the entire world. The advances of the period that afforded insights into the connections between the macro and the micro in physics, biology, geology, and other branches of the natural sciences, as well as the networks of trade and communication being laid down across the globe as part of the project of imperialist expansion and exploitation, all called new attention to the entangled relations of humans, human-created institutions and technologies, and nonhuman nature. The nineteenth-century British texts that are the
subject of this study engage with these entangled relations in ways that call into question what it means to be human.
Since the poststructuralist turn, scholarly work on the Victorian era touching questions of human subjectivity has often emphasized how the dominant power structures of the nineteenth century—white heteropatriarchy, industrial capitalism, and imperialism—upheld a model of human subjective measured against the standard of the white able-bodied man of property, and heavily invested in enforcing rigid hierarchies of race, class, and gender. I argue that the works of literature in this study demonstrate that the category of the human has not been so narrowly defined and fixed in the Victorian imagination as has previously been supposed, but is instead profoundly unstable and porous. Human subjectivity in these texts emerges from non-linear, non-hierarchical networked relations among human and nonhuman agents, forming what I term “posthuman ecosystems.” These Victorian examples prefigure posthumanist and ecocritical discourse of the
anthropocene.
Advisors/Committee Members: Raval, Suresh S (advisor), Selisker, Scott (committeemember), Hurh, John P. (committeemember), Dushane, Allison (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene;
British;
Ecocriticism;
Posthuman;
Victorian
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Lyons, E. R. (2018). Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lyons, Emily Renee. “Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lyons, Emily Renee. “Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lyons ER. Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738.
Council of Science Editors:
Lyons ER. Beyond the Tangled Bank: Posthuman Ecosystems in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627738
Kansas State University
11.
Larsen, Thomas Barclay.
Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene.
Degree: PhD, Department of
Geography, 2018, Kansas State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39327
► Clearly, the character of the relationship between humans and their environment has changed over time. Scholars have developed a geologic timeline and a timeline for…
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▼ Clearly, the character of the relationship between
humans and their environment has changed over time. Scholars have
developed a geologic timeline and a timeline for life, but there is
not a human-environment timeline. The proposed new geologic epoch
of the
Anthropocene is inadequate for encapsulating the diversity
of the human-environment relationship throughout history and
prehistory. This dissertation initiates conversation about
developing an official human-environment timeline. Oriented from
the perspective of a geographer, this exploratory research involved
the qualitative analysis of human-environment events and ideas from
a series of four geographic encyclopedias. A human-environment
timeline emerged from this research, as well as a hierarchical
typology of time periods: durations, duration revolutions, scenes,
scene transitions, and intervals. The timeline was then interpreted
according to four “ways of knowing”: normal science, cultural
ecology, political ecology, and humanistic geography. This research
supports inquiry into how time periods can be employed to better
understand and communicate the human-environment relationship
through time.
Advisors/Committee Members: John A. Harrington, Jr..
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene;
Human-Environment;
Periodization;
Timeline
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Larsen, T. B. (2018). Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene. (Doctoral Dissertation). Kansas State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39327
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Larsen, Thomas Barclay. “Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Kansas State University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39327.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Larsen, Thomas Barclay. “Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Larsen TB. Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Kansas State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39327.
Council of Science Editors:
Larsen TB. Developing a
human-environment timeline: a chronology of ideas and events for
the anthropocene. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Kansas State University; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/39327
Montana Tech
12.
Durham, Rebecca A.
Half-life of Empathy.
Degree: MFA, 2017, Montana Tech
URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11086
► This collection of ecopoems interrogates the complex human/non-human relationship in the Anthropocene. Rooted in the author’s deep fascination and scientific knowledge of nature, these…
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▼ This collection of ecopoems interrogates the complex human/non-human relationship in the Anthropocene. Rooted in the author’s deep fascination and scientific knowledge of nature, these poems take literal experiences and explore/distort them with language. Moving away from the traditional nature poem, this work enacts an ecology where a human speaker is decentralized and earth regains agency.
Subjects/Keywords: ecopoetry; Anthropocene; poetics; Montana; Poetry
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Durham, R. A. (2017). Half-life of Empathy. (Thesis). Montana Tech. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11086
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Durham, Rebecca A. “Half-life of Empathy.” 2017. Thesis, Montana Tech. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11086.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Durham, Rebecca A. “Half-life of Empathy.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Durham RA. Half-life of Empathy. [Internet] [Thesis]. Montana Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11086.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Durham RA. Half-life of Empathy. [Thesis]. Montana Tech; 2017. Available from: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11086
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of New South Wales
13.
Honnery, Rachel.
Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene.
Degree: Art, 2018, University of New South Wales
URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/60164
;
https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:51233/SOURCE02?view=true
► This exegesis examines the intersections between the visual arts and science, demonstrating that the methodologies of both disciplines provide a powerful and necessary tool to…
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▼ This exegesis examines the intersections between the visual arts and science, demonstrating that the methodologies of both disciplines provide a powerful and necessary tool to question and communicate environmental change in the age of Anthropocene. With billions of tonnes of plastic waste entering our waterways and oceans, questions about the future of these environments arise. What are the long-term effects on marine environments? How will marine organisms adapt and evolve to cope with unfamiliar forms supplanting the relationships between living and non-living components within their ecosystems? What will these ecosystems look like in the future, in a post-human world? With an emphasis on the materiality, colour and scale of plastic, to articulate both science and speculation my art practice applies the use of different media; installation, painting, documentary photography, collection and data imaging.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Materiality; Scale; Metaphor; Plastic
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Honnery, R. (2018). Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene. (Masters Thesis). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/60164 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:51233/SOURCE02?view=true
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Honnery, Rachel. “Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene.” 2018. Masters Thesis, University of New South Wales. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/60164 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:51233/SOURCE02?view=true.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Honnery, Rachel. “Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Honnery R. Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of New South Wales; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/60164 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:51233/SOURCE02?view=true.
Council of Science Editors:
Honnery R. Absolute kippleization and The Plastosystem: Metaphors to address complex science in the age of the Anthropocene. [Masters Thesis]. University of New South Wales; 2018. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/60164 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:51233/SOURCE02?view=true
University of Oklahoma
14.
Pudlo, Jason M.
Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Oklahoma
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
► This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It…
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▼ This dissertation improves upon past understanding of politics, religion, and nature through a close exploration of the role Christian theology plays in opinion formation. It does so by probing the varieties of religiously motivated environmental stewardship and religious attitudes towards anthropogenic changes of nature. The dissertation also develops new methodological tools to better understand the role of faith during the
Anthropocene.
The study employs a mixed-method approach which compares analysis of denominational proclamations about global warming with in-person clergy interviews and survey data collected from two American heartland states. The survey data primarily focuses on climate change, with genetically modified organisms as an additional example of humans altering the natural order. Unique to this dissertation are new measurements of Christian theologies about the human relationship with the created order, which clarify an enduring debate over religion and the environment.
In particular, theology encouraging dominion over nature has almost vanished from religious consciousness. Instead, the key theological distinction is between stewardship as resource management and stewardship as preservation. These theological distinctions help explain acceptance or resistance to anthropogenic changes to nature and they illuminate important differences in policy preferences around climate change, global warming, and other science-driven policy areas
Advisors/Committee Members: Hertzke, Allen (advisor), Gries, Peter (committee member), Jenkins-Smith, Hank (committee member), Robinson, Scott (committee member), Shortle, Allyson (committee member), Schleifer, Cyrus (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Politics; Religion; Environmentalism; Stewardship; Anthropocene
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Pudlo, J. M. (2017). Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Oklahoma. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Pudlo, Jason M. “Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oklahoma. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Pudlo, Jason M. “Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Pudlo JM. Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880.
Council of Science Editors:
Pudlo JM. Faith in the Anthropocene: Contested Theologies of Nature and Political Attitudes on Environmental Stewardship. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Oklahoma; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/51880
Oregon State University
15.
Wind, Thad A.
Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene.
Degree: MA, Applied Anthropology, 2016, Oregon State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59556
► How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate the conflicting tensions between their client’s desire to experience the wild and the…
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▼ How do fishing guides of the Cascade and Coast Range rivers negotiate the conflicting tensions between their client’s desire to experience the wild and the extractive nature based tourism of their role as fishing guides? How do they position their services relative to the environment and an imagined landscape that serves as a metaphorical boundary area for their clients? By situating these professionals as guides to a human impacted and discursively constructed wilderness in the context of the
Anthropocene, I show that the guides are entrepreneurs meeting the desires of their clients to visit an imagined landscape and participate in what they see as ecotourism. The extractive nature of the nominal activity that has been defined out of its proper context does not prevent the guides from positioning themselves as providers of wilderness experiences. By a combination of applied focus and ethnographic methods, I show that the tension involved in catching and killing fish is less important than satisfying the need to experience a connectedness with the wild.
Advisors/Committee Members: McMurray, David (advisor), Gerkey, Drew (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; River tourism – Oregon – McKenzie River
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Wind, T. A. (2016). Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene. (Masters Thesis). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59556
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wind, Thad A. “Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59556.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wind, Thad A. “Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene.” 2016. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wind TA. Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Oregon State University; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59556.
Council of Science Editors:
Wind TA. Fishing Guides in the Anthropocene. [Masters Thesis]. Oregon State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59556
McMaster University
16.
Reszitnyk, Andrew.
Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture.
Degree: PhD, 2015, McMaster University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18660
► This dissertation examines the emergence of a discursive regime, which I call “the Anthropocenic Imaginary,” that invokes, instrumentalizes, and distorts the language of the earth…
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▼ This dissertation examines the emergence of a discursive regime, which I call “the Anthropocenic Imaginary,” that invokes, instrumentalizes, and distorts the language of the earth sciences to bolster a neoliberal project of depoliticization. In recent years, the Anthropocene, a proposed geologic epoch, in which humanity figures as a planetary force and the planet exists as a human artifact, has become a frequent subject matter within American art and scholarship. It is now common for texts to refer, implicitly or explicitly, to the Earth’s transformation by humanity. This dissertation wagers that the Anthropocene should be understood not only as a geo-scientific descriptor, but also as a troping device, discursive regime, and cultural imaginary, which frames cultural and scholarly productions in a manner that legitimates the political and economic status quo. I argue that, despite appearing to be the product of studies that address the Earth’s anthropogenic modification, this discursive regime is a symptom of neoliberalism, a political, economic, and cultural ideology that schools subjects into privatized modes of being in order to induce acquiescence to the dominance of economic elites. I demonstrate that the discursive regime of the Anthropocenic Imaginary causes recent works of American scholarship, literature, and photography, which seem as though they should incite activism, to become depoliticized. I suggest that the Anthropocenic Imaginary is characterized by the metabolization of disaster, the transmutation of shocking material into something stultifying. I argue that it is possible to interpret the texts that the Anthropocenic Imaginary instrumentalizes otherwise than as legitimations of the status quo, and to bring to light the intractable disaster these works embody. Within this state of disaster, I suggest that it is possible to uncover a politically generative condition of non-normativity, which suggests that the way things are now cannot be made permanent.
Dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This dissertation responds to the advent within American culture of a range of discourses that posit humanity as a world-altering force and the planet as a human artifact. It seeks to answer the following questions: What is it about the present moment that makes the thought that humans are a terrestrial force appealing? Who benefits from the idea that humans are defined by the capacity to act as world-shapers? Against the scholarly consensus, I propose that this idea is not the product of scientific studies that announce the dawn of the Anthropocene, a geologic epoch characterized by anthropogenic modification of the earth system. Rather, I suggest that it is the effect of a discursive regime that I call “the Anthropocenic Imaginary,” which instrumentalizes the vocabulary of the earth sciences to legitimate the dominance of neoliberalism, a political, economic, and cultural ideology, which exerts a depoliticizing influence upon culture and scholarship.
Advisors/Committee Members: Clark, David L., English and Cultural Studies.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; American Literature; Ecocriticism; Cultural Studies
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Reszitnyk, A. (2015). Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture. (Doctoral Dissertation). McMaster University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18660
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Reszitnyk, Andrew. “Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, McMaster University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18660.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Reszitnyk, Andrew. “Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture.” 2015. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Reszitnyk A. Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. McMaster University; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18660.
Council of Science Editors:
Reszitnyk A. Uncovering the Anthropocenic Imaginary: The Metabolization of Disaster in Contemporary American Culture. [Doctoral Dissertation]. McMaster University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18660
Iowa State University
17.
Sands, Keygan Summer.
Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature.
Degree: 2020, Iowa State University
URL: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18049
► Our Mortal World, a collection of essays, is the story of the species and ecological processes I've come in contact with as a naturalist and…
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▼ Our Mortal World, a collection of essays, is the story of the species and ecological processes I've come in contact with as a naturalist and student of the more-than-human world. The Anthropocene, the Sixth Extinction, the Climate Crisis, Defaunation: all names for our increasingly changed and changing planet. The secret I've learned? We don't have to travel to tropical rainforests or coral reefs to see extinctions, biotic invasions, and species transformations—these things can be seen in the average American's backyard.
The inciting event, when I realized I needed to dedicate my life to communicating the enormous transformations I've witnessed, was the mass death of bats due to White-Nose Syndrome around my hometown—bats I had developed an intimate connection with. It was also a time where I learned to read geologic layers to discover the stories of the past, stories which hold vital relevance to modern change. I visit other witnessings in this essay collection as well: the invasion of quagga and zebra mussels into the Great Lakes and the loss of the Midwest's native mussels; how scientific training can both facilitate and inhibit care for the natural world; how our paths cross with other beings from tiny insects to enormous whales; how our actions interact with landscapes to create communal worlds and connect separated periods of time; how scientists, conservationists, artists, and educators work to save and understand other species and communities; and the delicacy, beauty, and deep connections which remain to us.
The essays of Our Mortal World inevitably deal with my own personal story, which I've woven into the larger ecological one. I've gone through loss, fought my loneliness through training as a scientist, transitioned from science to science communication in the role of naturalist, made connections, parented a young child, and practiced art, all amidst a background of tremendous change. I aim to show not only my own story but the fact that our human lives—with all their loves and losses, births and deaths, connections and isolations, joys, miseries, and surprises—are entangled with the nonhuman.
Subjects/Keywords: anthropocene; creative nonfiction; ecology; essay; naturalist; nature
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Sands, K. S. (2020). Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature. (Thesis). Iowa State University. Retrieved from https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18049
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sands, Keygan Summer. “Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature.” 2020. Thesis, Iowa State University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18049.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sands, Keygan Summer. “Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature.” 2020. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Sands KS. Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature. [Internet] [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18049.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Sands KS. Our mortal world: Essays from a naturalist of the new nature. [Thesis]. Iowa State University; 2020. Available from: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/18049
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Delft University of Technology
18.
Vos, J.C. (author).
City Hall Brussels.
Degree: 2020, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f87848-8c8e-4cf4-bc9f-381df7f69865
► The city of Brussels wishes to realise a new administrative building centrally located within the city’s pentagon. Brussels, being the capital city of both Belgium…
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▼ The city of Brussels wishes to realise a new administrative building centrally located within the city’s pentagon. Brussels, being the capital city of both Belgium and the European Union, is considered a heterogeneous city, consisting of 183 nationalities. This heterogeneity becomes a defining characteristic of the metropolis, however a variety of other inhabitants of the city are commonly left unnoticed. Urban sprawl causes natural land to disappear, affecting biodiversity; not only of the countryside but also that of cities. Of which the latter is increasing. Some species have been in the city for years, a growing amount is migrating only recently. However, urbanisation and global warming i.a., is putting the flora and fauna of Brussels under pressure. While exploring the studio theme ‘the palace’ and ‘political space’ with its inherent representational function, ‘rights of nature’ became a defining topic for this project. Related to this topic, the project explores the use of lime-hemp, a circular building material, manifested in an economically feasible manner in such a large-scale building through prefabricated construction techniques, in order to rethink ways of building to reduce our carbon footprint by the construction industry. Whilst achieving a pleasant indoor climate for the 1700 employees working for the City of Brussels as well as the animals inhabiting the building envelope, realised through the material’s breathing capacities. The proposed design aims to take part of a developing ecological network of Brussels Capital Region as well as to revitalize the relationship between humans and the natural environment. In order to restore ecosystems and biodiversity whilst serving as an exemplary to its surrounding as well as a responsibility to the environment.
Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Advisors/Committee Members: De Vocht, S. (mentor), Parravicini, M. (mentor), Rosbottom, D.J. (mentor), Pimlott, M. (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution).
Subjects/Keywords: City Hall; Brussels; Circularity; Post-Anthropocene
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Vos, J. C. (. (2020). City Hall Brussels. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f87848-8c8e-4cf4-bc9f-381df7f69865
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vos, J C (author). “City Hall Brussels.” 2020. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f87848-8c8e-4cf4-bc9f-381df7f69865.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vos, J C (author). “City Hall Brussels.” 2020. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Vos JC(. City Hall Brussels. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f87848-8c8e-4cf4-bc9f-381df7f69865.
Council of Science Editors:
Vos JC(. City Hall Brussels. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2020. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:23f87848-8c8e-4cf4-bc9f-381df7f69865
Boston College
19.
Johnson, Kaitlin M.
Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
bottoms of two New England watersheds.
Degree: MS, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2017, Boston College
URL: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:107941
► Large-scale human modification of the northeastern U.S. landscape began in the 17th century with forest clearing and milldam construction. In the mid-Atlantic Piedmont region of…
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▼ Large-scale human modification of the northeastern
U.S. landscape began in the 17th century with forest clearing and
milldam construction. In the mid-Atlantic Piedmont region of the
U.S., Walter and Merritts (2008) found that millpond deposits
persist for centuries after dam breaching, resulting in fill
terraces composed of legacy sediment. Stratigraphic observations in
the mid-Atlantic indicate that these laminated to massive
fine-grained layers typically overly a prominent Holocene hydric
soil that overlies a Pleistocene basal gravel. I test whether this
set of processes applies to glaciated New England. This study
focuses on two New England watersheds: the South River in
Massachusetts and the Sheepscot River in Maine. I use stratigraphic
analysis and radiocarbon dating to identify legacy deposits, and
then use lidar digital elevation models to map planar terrace
extents in each watershed. Finally, I use lidar digital elevation
models to estimate thickness of legacy sediment found behind
breached or removed milldams and estimate volumes of legacy
sediment storage in valley bottoms over entire watersheds. The
South River watershed has 32 historic dam sites; 18 have been field
checked and 14 show evidence for legacy sediment storage. The
Sheepscot River watershed has 33 historic dam sites; 13 have been
field checked and six show evidence of legacy sediment storage.
Stratigraphic analyses of bank exposures in both watersheds show a
brown fine sand and silt layer (up to 2.19 m thick in the South
River watershed and up to 2.30 m thick in the Sheepscot River
watershed) which sometimes is underlain by gravel and/or clay; no
buried Holocene hydric soil has been found. Further evidence for
legacy milldam sedimentation comes from radiocarbon dating. Three
radiocarbon dates from the South River watershed and six from the
Sheepscot River watershed are less than 300 years old; no
underlying Holocene material has been dated. The maximum volume of
legacy sediment estimated using lidar methods for the South River
watershed is 2.5 x 106 m3 and for the Sheepscot River watershed the
volume is 3.7 x 106 m3. These volumes of legacy sediment can be
translated to maximum mean thickness of sediment eroded from each
landscape: 37 mm for the South River watershed and 7 mm for the
Sheepscot River watershed. The Sheepscot River watershed has most
of its legacy sediment terraces in the lower section of the
watershed with many lakes and wetlands disturbing sediment
transport in the upper section of the watershed. Compared to the
Sheepscot River watershed, the South River watershed has more
widespread glacial deposits contributing to legacy sediment with
few lakes and wetlands.
Advisors/Committee Members: Noah P. Snyder (Thesis advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; legacy sediment; milldam; New England; terrace
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Johnson, K. M. (2017). Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Johnson, Kaitlin M. “Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
bottoms of two New England watersheds.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Boston College. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:107941.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Johnson, Kaitlin M. “Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
bottoms of two New England watersheds.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Johnson KM. Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
bottoms of two New England watersheds. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Boston College; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:107941.
Council of Science Editors:
Johnson KM. Quantifying milldam legacy sediment storage in valley
bottoms of two New England watersheds. [Masters Thesis]. Boston College; 2017. Available from: http://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:107941
20.
Snowball, Georgia.
Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene.
Degree: PhD, 2017, Federation University Australia
URL: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166474
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https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2746506
► The emerging field of Performance and Ecology addresses approaches to performance and performance making in response to the profound challenges heralded by the age of…
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▼ The emerging field of Performance and Ecology addresses approaches to performance and performance making in response to the profound challenges heralded by the age of the Anthropocene. Transdisciplinary artist-scholars within this paradigm bring into question spatiotemporal relationships between all things, through varying artistic and scholarly practices. This practice-led-research project seeks to create work at the open intersections of the human and more-than-human, audience and performer, practice and research. The aim of the project is to disturb these binaries, which contribute to hierarchies of destruction of all multispecies beings and habitats, including humans. Through performance, this work addresses and critiques distinctive ways of being in, listening to, and viewing our shared world. The accompanying exegesis highlights how performance can reveal what otherwise remains hidden in this entangled process. The exegesis documents the development of site-specific performance works over three active modes: Walking, Dancing and Writing. These experiments in performance include both solo works and participatory projects. All works traverse these modes and are influenced by current international and Australian performance practices in site-specific Walking, Dancing and/or Writing. Three main projects are discussed through text, photograph and video. These are Promenade Locale a participatory walking project that took place in Central Victoria, Ends of the Earth and Instability, dance solos performed in Melaka, Malaysia and the practice of Weather Writing, which takes places at my home, also in Central Victoria.
Doctor of Philosophy
Subjects/Keywords: Ecological practice; Performance making; Ecology; Anthropocene
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Snowball, G. (2017). Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene. (Doctoral Dissertation). Federation University Australia. Retrieved from http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166474 ; https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2746506
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Snowball, Georgia. “Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Federation University Australia. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166474 ; https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2746506.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Snowball, Georgia. “Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Snowball G. Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Federation University Australia; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166474 ; https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2746506.
Council of Science Editors:
Snowball G. Ecological practice : Performance making in the age of the anthropocene. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Federation University Australia; 2017. Available from: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/166474 ; https://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2746506
University of Cambridge
21.
Sutoris, Peter.
Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence.
Degree: PhD, 2020, University of Cambridge
URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300609
► This multi-sited ethnographic study examines the interface of education and environmental activism in spaces affected by the slow violence of environmental degradation, characteristic of the…
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▼ This multi-sited ethnographic study examines the interface of education and environmental activism in spaces affected by the slow violence of environmental degradation, characteristic of the current high ‘Anthropocene’ era. By conducting research at government schools and in their surrounding communities in Pashulok, India, and South Durban, South Africa, this study investigates the impacts of schooling and environmental activist movements on young people’s ‘phenomenologies of meaning-making’ about the environment. Building on the work of Ricœur and Arendt, the theoretical framework illuminates the role of historical responsibility, intergenerational justice and political imagination in shaping young people’s understandings of and responses to the slow violence affecting their communities locally and the planet globally. This framework is operationalised through established ethnographic methods, including observation, semi-structured and unstructured interviews, focus groups, a fieldwork diary, and through an innovative intervention of observational filmmaking workshops conducted with young people in both sites. The findings point to the depoliticising and individualising effects that bureaucratised state-run education systems in both India and South Africa have on young people’s political and environmental imaginaries, specifically in relation to action and change. They suggest further that young people recognise this slow violence impacting on the environment and have ideas about the political transformation needed to achieve an environmentally sustainable future. These alternative imaginaries are in some cases shaped by the activist presence in the community, as well as educators who intentionally subvert the curriculum. Environmental activists in Pashulok and Wentworth strive to expand what Ricœur calls the ‘horizons of the possible’ and to foster pluralistic political action in the process of community deliberation. The study argues that educating in the Anthropocene calls for bridging schooling with elements of activism to develop what Arendt refers to as agonistic pluralism, which is necessary for finding answers to the slow violence of the Anthropocene.
Subjects/Keywords: education; the Anthropocene; activism; phenomenological analysis; ethnography
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Sutoris, P. (2020). Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300609
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Sutoris, Peter. “Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence.” 2020. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cambridge. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300609.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Sutoris, Peter. “Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence.” 2020. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Sutoris P. Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2020. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300609.
Council of Science Editors:
Sutoris P. Educating for the ‘Anthropocene’: The Meaning of Politics in an Age of Slow Violence. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Cambridge; 2020. Available from: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300609
Rice University
22.
Guan, Yingying.
The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.
Degree: M. Arch., Architecture, 2017, Rice University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96035
► The zoo has always been an institution that simultaneously functions as a garden of escape and a miniature city. Starting off with this observation, the…
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▼ The zoo has always been an institution that simultaneously functions as a garden of escape and a miniature city. Starting off with this observation, the thesis investigates the zoo’s urban and architectural implications and proposes an urban model that works with nature in a seamless manner. It explores the possibilities of a homogeneous field in light of contemporary architectural practices and challenges the discipline of architectural composition through its critique of a long-lasting figure-ground tendency. The project operates within various scales: the flexible urban system is further defined through a series of specific architectural interventions.
By proposing to substitute all captive animals with sound and digital projections, the thesis ends with a search for the zoo’s potential role in the era of an ongoing mass extinction. The absence captured by the imagery aims to draw attention to this fragile reality through the juxtaposition of temporary structures and permanent landscape.
Advisors/Committee Members: Vassallo, Jesus (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Zoo; Urban System; Architecture; Garden; Landscape; Anthropocene
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Guan, Y. (2017). The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. (Masters Thesis). Rice University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96035
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guan, Yingying. “The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Rice University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96035.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guan, Yingying. “The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Guan Y. The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Rice University; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96035.
Council of Science Editors:
Guan Y. The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. [Masters Thesis]. Rice University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96035
Rice University
23.
Guan, Yingying.
The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.
Degree: M. Arch., Architecture, 2017, Rice University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96036
► The zoo has always been an institution that simultaneously functions as a garden of escape and a miniature city. Starting off with this observation, the…
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▼ The zoo has always been an institution that simultaneously functions as a garden of escape and a miniature city. Starting off with this observation, the thesis investigates the zoo’s urban and architectural implications and proposes an urban model that works with nature in a seamless manner. It explores the possibilities of a homogeneous field in light of contemporary architectural practices and challenges the discipline of architectural composition through its critique of a long-lasting figure-ground tendency. The project operates within various scales: the flexible urban system is further defined through a series of specific architectural interventions.
By proposing to substitute all captive animals with sound and digital projections, the thesis ends with a search for the zoo’s potential role in the era of an ongoing mass extinction. The absence captured by the imagery aims to draw attention to this fragile reality through the juxtaposition of temporary structures and permanent landscape.
Advisors/Committee Members: Vassallo, Jesus (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Zoo; Urban System; Architecture; Garden; Landscape; Anthropocene
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Guan, Y. (2017). The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. (Masters Thesis). Rice University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96036
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guan, Yingying. “The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Rice University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96036.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guan, Yingying. “The Secret of the Zoo Exposed.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Guan Y. The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Rice University; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96036.
Council of Science Editors:
Guan Y. The Secret of the Zoo Exposed. [Masters Thesis]. Rice University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1911/96036
24.
Palmer, K.O. (author).
Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice.
Degree: 2014, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0915a144-64fc-4666-a969-18e9fba35288
► This project is a proposal for a school of architecture that tries to question how we should practice and educate in the current epoch of…
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▼ This project is a proposal for a school of architecture that tries to question how we should practice and educate in the current epoch of the Anthropocene. This geological time-frame enforces a change in our horizon that reveals the increasing contingency and complexity of our condition, creating a new urgency in the relationship between architecture, education and our environment.
Architecture
Architecture and The Built Environment
Advisors/Committee Members: Radman, A. (mentor), Plomp, H. (mentor), Cuperus, Y. (mentor).
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Pedagogy; School of Architecture; Practice
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Palmer, K. O. (. (2014). Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice. (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0915a144-64fc-4666-a969-18e9fba35288
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Palmer, K O (author). “Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0915a144-64fc-4666-a969-18e9fba35288.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Palmer, K O (author). “Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice.” 2014. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Palmer KO(. Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0915a144-64fc-4666-a969-18e9fba35288.
Council of Science Editors:
Palmer KO(. Wormhole University; Geo-pedagogy, Architecture and Practice. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2014. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0915a144-64fc-4666-a969-18e9fba35288
Southern Illinois University
25.
Strong, Alejandro Chester.
Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change.
Degree: PhD, Philosophy, 2015, Southern Illinois University
URL: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1085
► This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to…
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▼ This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to develop a philosophy of living that fits today's concerns. In essence the ideas put forward come from a single question: If humans can change the planet in such a way that it threatens the possibility of human life on Earth what does this mean for the place of humans on Earth? It is this question, which the every chapter hereafter works to answer. Establishing a philosophy of living and explaining a global ecological crisis is a lofty goal. I should warn you know that things are still plenty murky in the conclusion. This work does not attempt to solve all of the problems of climate change. Far from it, my actual goal is to study those problems and learn what they may teach us about our terrestrial home, and humanity in the time of climate change. The title, Nuestro Mundo is a reference to José Martí's seminal work "Nuestra America" (Our America). What you are about to read is an attempt to use the insights of that work to develop ways of thinking about the problems of climate change. In the 1890's Martí wrote to energize Cuba's war for independence. His prescription: throw off foreign ideals, examine what it is to be Cuban, and fight for what is Cuba. Today I write to inform and energize people to act for our planet. My prescription: throw off artificial ideals, examine what it is to be of the Earth, and fight for the planet's survival.
Advisors/Committee Members: Anderson, Douglas.
Subjects/Keywords: Anthropocene; Climate Change; Cuba; Idealism; Marti; Martiano
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Strong, A. C. (2015). Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change. (Doctoral Dissertation). Southern Illinois University. Retrieved from https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1085
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Strong, Alejandro Chester. “Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Southern Illinois University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1085.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Strong, Alejandro Chester. “Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change.” 2015. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Strong AC. Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Southern Illinois University; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1085.
Council of Science Editors:
Strong AC. Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the Existential Impact of Climate Change. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Southern Illinois University; 2015. Available from: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1085
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
26.
Abston, Summer Ellen.
FEED.
Degree: M. Arch., Architecture, 2018, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
URL: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/5144
► Topographic and metabolic systems of our landscape have changed over time by the human influence on the earth. This change is caused by a wide…
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▼ Topographic and metabolic systems of our landscape have changed over time by the human influence on the earth. This change is caused by a wide range of networks causing impact on our planet, including that network of agriculture. Because of population increase of the human species, the agency of agriculture was turned into a mode of production – the law of demand; More. Quicker. Cheaper. Things got [get] messy. Additives, modifications, combinations, GMO [Object] - all unconventionally mixed in a pot to boil. Machines spreading the mix across the land, seeping into our streams and digested as we drink the water and eat the cow that ate the grass that ingested contaminants from soil and the water.This thesis investigates the impact of surface by human implication as a fusion of artificial and organic ingredients redefining scales of human reality. Where parts and pieces are augmented - took apart and fueled together forming hybrids of hybrids – rigged in such ways to get predicted results. Speculating and interrogating the farming practice in the built environment within the age of the
Anthropocene.
Advisors/Committee Members: Thomas Mark Stanley, Andrew M. Madl, Jason T. Young.
Subjects/Keywords: anthropocene; farm; architecture; hybrid; synthetic; organic
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Abston, S. E. (2018). FEED. (Thesis). University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Retrieved from https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/5144
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Abston, Summer Ellen. “FEED.” 2018. Thesis, University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/5144.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Abston, Summer Ellen. “FEED.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Abston SE. FEED. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/5144.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Abston SE. FEED. [Thesis]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2018. Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/5144
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Sydney
27.
Vesely-Manning, Josee.
Magic Nihilism
.
Degree: 2017, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20025
► Magic Nihilism conceptually alludes to a present encounter with current geo-political and environmental crisis, global hegemony and the material ruins and waste of late capitalism…
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▼ Magic Nihilism conceptually alludes to a present encounter with current geo-political and environmental crisis, global hegemony and the material ruins and waste of late capitalism (and its political precedents) with ontological direction led by the emerging movement of New Materialism, theories on the Anthropocene and the ongoing post-human dialectics in relation to contemporary art practice. In this paper I discuss how within this framework and in my art practice associations with "magic nihilism" are implied through the correlation and intersection with matter as both a physical and metaphysical referent. Central in this exploration, a Nietzschian concept of nihilism, to allow for more obscure and enigmatic outcomes, is key. In this paper I also reference current artists working today who, whilst relating to the discursive of post minimalism and conceptual practice, place an emphasis of on the performative, immersive, and a new envisioning of what I propose as "magic nihilism" which also posits collectivity, interchangeability and dynamism in the equation;; not residing in “bodies or things” but all encompassing and constantly in flux. I also use examples of this engagement in contemporary art practice which makes vivid this “effluvia”: climates, electric currents, mist, sound vibrations, gas, magnets, vapour, perfume, charges, telepathy, surges, conduits, odour, osmosis, atmosphere and (meta) physics which I also argue characteristically both reflects and defies the oxymoronic proposition of the thesis title.
Subjects/Keywords: Magic;
Nihilism;
Anthropocene;
New Materialism;
Art
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Vesely-Manning, J. (2017). Magic Nihilism
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20025
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vesely-Manning, Josee. “Magic Nihilism
.” 2017. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20025.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vesely-Manning, Josee. “Magic Nihilism
.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Vesely-Manning J. Magic Nihilism
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20025.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Vesely-Manning J. Magic Nihilism
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20025
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Sydney
28.
Fries, Katherine.
Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
.
Degree: 2017, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17880
► Touching impermanence describes the experiential moment in an art encounter when one senses the enchanted reality of one’s interconnections within the sentient matterflow of existence.…
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▼ Touching impermanence describes the experiential moment in an art encounter when one senses the enchanted reality of one’s interconnections within the sentient matterflow of existence. All matter in existence is constantly vibrating, changing, assembling and evolving into forms and organisms, cycling through decay and disintegration, then reforming again with diversity and difference; this is the impermanence of sentient matter-flow. Humans are just one form of these reciprocal assemblages; we are within and part of sentient matter-flow. We also co-create with sentient matter-flow, changing these cycles on micro and macro levels, just as they change us. On a macro level human actions have impacted and changed the Earth’s biosphere, altering and polluting sentient matter-flows to the extent that our present time period is becoming known as the Anthropocene, the human age of destruction and disconnection. There are many efforts to readdress our anthropocentric feelings of apathetic disconnection from the Earth; one is found in the arts and correlates with my practice-led research. This doctoral study of sensate experiences of materiality and haptic thinking, which provide both maker and audience with direct palpable experience of time, forms a specific understanding of touching impermanence. My art processes involve working with tactile materials such as beeswax; tree branches, stumps and bark; paper; ash; rocks; ice; snow; charcoal; light and fungi. Engaging with these materials cocreatively involves a methodology of touch, multisensorily following materialities’ sentient matter-flow. Acting with the material, I am present to the material’s own sense of time, interactions, agency, histories, layers of interbeing and interconnections with surrounding matter. This requires being open to the mysteriousness of materials, inviting moments of enchantment within art encounters and the realisation of touching impermanence. This thesis investigates my studio practice and works produced, alongside related practices of Australian and international artists, by drawing on the intersections between New Materialism discourses and Buddhist philosophy to address aspects of phenomenology and eco-philosophy in the complexities of these art practices and artwork encounters.
Subjects/Keywords: art;
Anthropocene;
Buddhism;
ephemeral;
environment;
New Materialism
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Fries, K. (2017). Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17880
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Fries, Katherine. “Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
.” 2017. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17880.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Fries, Katherine. “Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
.” 2017. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Fries K. Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17880.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Fries K. Touching Impermanence: Experiential Embodied Engagements with Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/17880
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Sydney
29.
Valenzuela Pérez, Leonardo F.
Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
.
Degree: 2016, University of Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15914
► In September 1964, when Las Ventanas copper smelter was opened in Quintero Bay it was welcomed as a key piece in the Chilean development strategy.…
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▼ In September 1964, when Las Ventanas copper smelter was opened in Quintero Bay it was welcomed as a key piece in the Chilean development strategy. Just over fifty years later, Quintero Bay hosts the largest industrial complex in Chile and has become the site of a chronic environmental disaster, with recurrent pollution crises and industrial accidents that pose massive risks to its human and nonhuman residents. Through historical and ethnographic analysis, involving the use of archival documents, government proceedings, media publications, interviews and participant observation, this thesis investigates Quintero Bay’s process of copper-led industrialisation and its transformation into a sacrifice zone. The thesis explores some of the Chilean government’s environmental regulatory responses, the everyday life of Quintero Bay residents and the emergence of practices of political contestation. The thesis argues that the expectations placed on copper in terms of development, the characteristics and pressures of international copper trade and the adoption of neoclassical calculation regimes have contributed to the emergence and autonomisation of copper’s existential needs. That autonomisation has led to the adoption of a logic of sacrifice that privileges the existential needs of copper over the protection of Quintero Bay’s population and environment. The spatial consequences of that regime has been the production and expansion of a sacrifice zone in Quintero Bay. This study contributes to the understanding of the extended dynamics involved in the production sacrifice zones as spaces of the Anthropocene, illuminating some of the processes of stabilisation, protection and contestation taking place within these spatial formations.
Subjects/Keywords: Sacrifice Zone;
Copper;
Development;
Anthropocene;
Chile
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Valenzuela Pérez, L. F. (2016). Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
. (Thesis). University of Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15914
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Valenzuela Pérez, Leonardo F. “Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
.” 2016. Thesis, University of Sydney. Accessed March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15914.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Valenzuela Pérez, Leonardo F. “Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
.” 2016. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Valenzuela Pérez LF. Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15914.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Valenzuela Pérez LF. Coppered Lives: The Chilean sacrifice zone of Quintero Bay
. [Thesis]. University of Sydney; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15914
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Georgia State University
30.
Carley, Amelia.
A Survey of No Place.
Degree: MFA, Art and Design, 2018, Georgia State University
URL: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/240
► A Survey of No Place is a group of paintings that construct a visual representation of an artificial place – a study of an…
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▼ A Survey of No Place is a group of paintings that construct a visual representation of an artificial place – a study of an invented land. A fabricated maquette made of synthetic and geological materials visually references spectacular geological sites and is rendered monumental through painting. In this work, I am interested in the disparity between these rudimentary sculptural references and the final seductive imagery.
By re-examining my early memories of desolate, yet curated, landscapes, these paintings unearth a fictional natural beauty intertwined with feelings of loss and inevitable change. Similar to the way memories function, these works shift between clarity and haze, retelling and reimaging. These hyper-saturated and romanticized oil paintings employ photo blur and crisp Photoshopped edges to evoke a feeling of “unreality.”
A Survey of No Place serves as an examination of indeterminate time and place through its engagement with ideas of artificiality in landscape and memory.
Advisors/Committee Members: Craig Dongoski, Anthony Craig Drennen, Joseph Peragine.
Subjects/Keywords: Landscape; Artificial; Idealized; National parks; Painting; Anthropocene
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Carley, A. (2018). A Survey of No Place. (Thesis). Georgia State University. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/240
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Carley, Amelia. “A Survey of No Place.” 2018. Thesis, Georgia State University. Accessed March 03, 2021.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/240.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Carley, Amelia. “A Survey of No Place.” 2018. Web. 03 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Carley A. A Survey of No Place. [Internet] [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 03].
Available from: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/240.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Carley A. A Survey of No Place. [Thesis]. Georgia State University; 2018. Available from: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/240
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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