SYMBIOTIC SKINS, METABOLIC SCHEMA
by Ally Bisshop When Johann von Goethe wrote his 1790 treatise on the metamorphosis of plants,[1] he invited us to read in the form of a plant the signs of […]
Tag Archives: adaptivity
Precarious Possibilities of Life in Capitalist Ruins
“Anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt-Tsing examines our precarious present – where environmental degradation and economic alienation threaten to dismantle ways of life (and actual life itself) – and explains why collaborative survival in the future requires a radical re-imagining of growth, modernity and progress.
Pandaemic Speculations: A Multilogue
From AGOSTO FOUNDATION: 1. In what way does the current COVID-19 epidemic restructure the relationship between domesticity and wilderness? Borbála Soós: A virus is not strictly speaking alive, however it cannot grow or […]
PROTOCOLS FOR THE PHASE TRANSITION
From THE TERRAFORMING: As new urgencies surface and new territories are defined, new alliances must be built. Inspired by the typology of starling murmuration, A.S.T. (Diann Bauer, Felice Grodin, Patricia […]
Explaining Possitopia
In my talk GLOBAL WYRDING & DEEP ADAPTATION I played with the idea that there is a wider spectrum of adaptive options for organizing ourselves than what can be gleaned […]
deep adaptation as post-nihilist praxis?
There is a long line of thinking and writing that frames ideological negation as emancipatory, or as an advancement of cognitive ability towards a more fluid interpretation of experience that, […]
on feral philosophy
Nostalgia overflows me as I write this post. I’m remembering the frenetic exchanges of half-baked ideas and irreverent attitudes that animated the theory-blogging (“blogosphere”) of the early days of what […]
Will We Care Enough to Matter to Them?
Deep Adaptation is a thing. And a damn good thing. This from Professor Jem Bendell: Would you consider yourself middle class? Perhaps amongst the middle class in the West, or […]
The Upside of Accepting Collapse?
The Benefits of Accepting the Possibility of Environmental Collapse and Human Extinction By John Bell British Professor of Sustainability Leadership, Jem Bendell, has recently published a thoughtful review of the […]
Patchwork as Real World Vectors
Patchwork as Real World Vectors by Chris Shaw [original source: The Libertarian Ideal] I define patchwork as the adaptation and fragmentation of institutional structures through the processes of exit and voice. […]
SalvagePatch Discharge
SalvagePatch Discharge Dustin Breitling | 31st January 2019 [originally published by Diffractions] Corpus: members, zones, functions. Heads, hands, and cartilage, burnings, smoothness, spurts, sleep, digestion, goose-bumps, excitation, breathing, digesting, reproducing, […]
Accelerating increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere – On the way to 10°C?
Devastating new research released today indicating we may already be heading for 10°C increase in temperature above pre-industrial levels. This would entail a complete breakdown of the biosphere and the […]
Praxis for Lost Worlds?
The following excerpts are taken from Woodbine’s NOMOS OF THE EARTH (2014), and offers most of what we deem essential to the spirit of a post-nihilist praxis for deeply adapting and politicking in the […]
Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse: The 4th R of Deep Adaptation
SOURCE: Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse: The 4th R of Deep Adaptation “People need hope, Jem.” “It’s really important to have a vision of a better future, […]
Being in the World (film)
Being in the World is a 2010 documentary film directed by Tao Ruspoli. The film is based on Martin Heidegger’s philosophy and is inspired by Hubert Dreyfus. It features a […]
Re-thinking the dynamics of interaction across the social sciences and neurosciences’
This podcast features Dr Des Fitzgerald and Dr Felicity Callard on ‘Experimental Entanglements: Re-thinking the dynamics of interaction across the social sciences and neurosciences’. It was recorded at a Hearing the Voice […]
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