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evolving ecological media culture(s)

April 15, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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From radical gardening to locative media

What do the two have in common? Our class project, Seedbomb Burlington, will involve organizing and carrying out a series of events/actions taking place in the landscape of Burlington, Vermont. It will also be a media event. The initial actions … Continue reading

April 9, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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The plan

Project: Seedbomb Burlington Seedbombing, or aerial reforestation, refers to the practice of introducing vegetation to land by throwing or dropping compressed bundles of soil containing live vegetation (seed balls). Undertaken with the goal of re-naturalizing barren or ecologically underutilized land, … Continue reading

March 26, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Project page

Here is where we can share our thoughts (between classes) about the project we’ve decided to take on as a class. The following are some initial ideas arising from our discussion in today’s class. Project: Seedbomb Burlington

March 20, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Week 9: Case studies

We are taking this week off from new readings. Instead the class is concentrating on critical analysis assignments and presentations. Two of these — one on Banksy and the Critical Art Ensemble, the other on Greenpeace and the movement against … Continue reading

March 2, 2013
by Adrian J Ivakhiv
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Week 7: Theorizing global network society

Marshall McLuhan argued that the world was becoming a “global village.” For the theorists we are examining this week, the world has certainly become global, but it is less a village — which implies a stability and a taken-for-grantedness of … Continue reading

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