infrastructure
The port
Rotterdam is defined by its port, one of the largest in the world. What does it mean for a city to be so closely entangled with global shipping?
nature
nature
Friday bonus: What's so wrong with pigeons
As I continue to work on a project about urban pigeons, I've been struggling with the human-pigeon relationship. More than anything else, I've been wondering: what is it that humans find so wrong with pigeons?
values
Friday bonus: Thoughts on pigeons and plurality
It's easy to forget the plurality of opinions that exist on even small topics. Thinking about the role of pigeons in cities has helped remind me that differing opinions exist even in the smallest nuances.
bookpile
Bookpile 6: Participatory Research in More-than-Human Worlds
Bookpile is short posts on Fridays about what I’m reading now and what I’m liking about it. This week, it’s Participatory Research in More-than-Human Worlds, edited by Michelle Bastian, Owain Jones, Niamh Moore, and Emma Roe.
ELSA
AI-cologies for everyone
What is an AI-cology, why does it matter, and what is it good for? AI-cologies are a way of thinking about, locating, and questioning the ecologies around and in a particular AI-involving system. This essay takes the example of one specific camera to explain how AI-cologies are constructed.
nature
Interview with the seagull
What does it mean to think about the planet’s inhabitants, beyond the humans? Is thinking about them enough, or do we need to find ways to consult them?
bookpile
"Book"pile 2: The Real World of Technology
Bookpile is short posts on Fridays about what I’m reading now and what I’m liking about it. In this week's Bookpile, Ursula M. Franklin's The Real World of Technology.