Essays about: "Timothy Morton"
Found 4 essays containing the words Timothy Morton.
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1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE
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2. Towards a new aesthetics of care : a critical reading of Nassauer’s cues to care
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Joan Nassauer’s concept of cues to care has been influential within landscape design since her seminal essay Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames was published in 1995 and her research is often used to justify the need for marking landscapes as owned, although there have been critical voices too. The enduring popularity of cues to care as a design method is due to how open it is to interpretation, and this thesis examines various landscape interventions that can be classed as cues to care, both explicitly and implicitly. READ MORE
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3. Ecology From Within: Ecocriticism and Allegory in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This essay reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Word for World is Forest to explore whether there is a connection between Cartesian dualism, allegorical reading, and environmentalist thought. To answer this the essay employs the philosophy and theoretical writings of Timothy Morton, namely The Ecological Thought and Ecology Without Nature. READ MORE
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4. SCENE STIR: How we begin to see the biosphere in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This essay marks the degrading biosphere in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas and argues that its narrative disclosure is meaningfully explored using the idea of a growing ecological awareness. The book depicts agentive nonhumans that are unseen or under-attended by the novel’s humans. READ MORE
