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Joanna Austin posted a status"Australian mountaineers...mooted plans for a launch of the 3rd book here perhaps? Does anyone have more news about that? Sydney i hope...."
Ilka Blue left a comment for Joanna Austin"Hi Jo,
I like Deep Ecology because it has a non-anthropocentric perspective - it sees the world as a large web and that humans are a strand within that web. Like you, I also winced at the environmental focus on salvaging the human race and also…"
Joanna Austin left a comment for Ilka Blue"Hi Ilka
Thanks for those ideas. I want to read more about deep ecology - have looked briefly at some main precepts and I like what I read. One of the issues that has concerned me for a long time is the motivation for many people behind…"
Ilka Blue left a comment for Joanna Austin"Hi Joanna,
I can't quite remember now how I came upon DM, it was one of those osmotic occurrences that occurred during my Masters research - part discovery, part desperation to breathe.
I often glance willfully across to our Northern Cousins…"
Joanna Austin left a comment for Ilka Blue"Hi Ilka - I only came across DM a few weeks ago but it really hit me and I have started to tell a few friends about it. The movement seems to be going well in the UK but we can get it going here. I used to read a fair bit of poetry and recall the…"
Joanna Austin posted a blog postLiterature of 'Collapse' - DM people in Australia, keen to do some reading?
By sensational happenstance I found a copy of Jefferies' novel "After London Wild England" in a second hand bookstore yesterday. I am now really keen to read more in the way of 'collapse' literature. Perhaps we can learn from the wonder and despair of the late 19th century when they were going through their round of grappling with the march of progress, just as we are 130 or so years later. Wild England is great in a rather sad and analytical sort of a way. I also want to read Butler's Erewhon…See More
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Literature of 'Collapse' - DM people in Australia, keen to do some reading?
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 10:52 0 Comments 0 Likes
By sensational happenstance I found a copy of Jefferies' novel "After London Wild England" in a second hand bookstore yesterday. I am now really keen to read more in the way of 'collapse' literature. Perhaps we can learn from the wonder and despair of the late 19th century when they were going through their round of grappling with the march of progress, just as we are 130 or so years later.
Wild England is great in a rather sad and analytical sort of a way. I also want to read…
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- At 8:26 on August 6, 2012, Ilka Blue said…
- Hi Joanna,
I can't quite remember now how I came upon DM, it was one of those osmotic occurrences that occurred during my Masters research - part discovery, part desperation to breathe.
I often glance willfully across to our Northern Cousins and my eyes widen to all their great gatherings. Yes we can connect the movement here however we have a different scale of distance to traverse (geographic & cultural).
Have you looked at deep ecology? Read any David Abram or Martin Shaw? There's much unfolding.
Great to make contact - Ilka Blue.
- At 0:02 on August 14, 2012, Ilka Blue said…
Hi Jo,
I like Deep Ecology because it has a non-anthropocentric perspective - it sees the world as a large web and that humans are a strand within that web. Like you, I also winced at the environmental focus on salvaging the human race and also 'saving' the planet - as if humans are the most powerful and important entities in existence. My Masters has helped me retain that feeling though soften it somewhat so now I'm not so anti-human focus but rather I'm interested in what humanities potential in a more-than-human world is.
I cannot escape my humanness - so as I say in my Masters - I am trying to recall myself in a more-than-human world. My research looks at mixing storytelling (as an adaptation tool) with ecological thinking as a remedy for ecocide. It refers to deep ecology, systems thinking, quantum physics and mythology. I'm writing the conclusion this week - so not quite finished. Because my research is practice-led, the theory is only part of the output - it also has a large creative component - I will put a copy on line once I'm done.
Thanks for the reading recommendations. Ilka :)
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