Virtual fencing, and the new aesthetic
Research Blog | February 7, 2013
This just in from Venue, an online mag produced by StudioX. INVISIBLE FENCES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DEAN ANDERSON (10 gallon) hats off to Studio-x for mixing urban and non-urban considerations of architecture. I’ve been ruminating (yes) about how to better interface with and represent ecocritical investigations on remote public lands, and have the work BE more salient…
armor against wolves
Research Blog | July 30, 2012
Here are a few pics of the finished calf collar and walking stick.
Talismans for the Gila and Apache forests
Research Blog | July 18, 2012
gila wilderness / mexican wolf recovery contacts
Research Blog | July 13, 2012
Huge props to my collaborator Christie Leece! In addition to my generous, amazing hosts Michael Berman and Jennifer Six, I’m privileged to have met or spoken with a variety of informed people, specialists on all sides of the wolf reintroduction issues, experts and locals specifically in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, and conservation and…
wolf conservation center tests
Research Blog | July 8, 2012
Images: Yearlings Alawa and Zephyr and 10 year old Atka, responding to (or not) our sound system, which consisted of a speaker playing modulating high frequency sound run off an Arduino; Alawa and Zephyr trying to find the meat we’d surrounded by odors. People – Maggie Howell, Rebecca Bose, Julie Hecht, Christie Leece and Abigail Simon….
work in progress
Research Blog | June 29, 2012
Laser cut, embroidered and stitched leather pouch to hold Arduino and power source Embroidered inserts for deterrent tools Calf head, to wear model collar Walking stick tests Laser cut test “talismans” Laser cut insert mosaics for Gila/Apache Forest map Collaborator: Christie Leece
The lives of roads, and a sign about signs
Research Blog | June 17, 2012
Heads
Research Blog | June 16, 2012
LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK More dummies: LOOK WHAT WE MISSED OUT ON!!! Taxidermy forms: LINK LINK1 LINK2 PAPER: LINK Crembo bull head LINK
walking stick references
Research Blog | June 16, 2012
How to make walking sticks: wood burning, handles, etc
Cataphract and other animal armor
Research Blog | June 15, 2012
The Chanfron took it’s denomination from the part of the horse’s head that it covered. It was a mask that protected the horse in battle but also often hindered the horse from seeing right before him, perhaps to prevent being intimidated by any objects which might lessen the celerity of its charge. This piece is…
Albuquerque
Research Blog | June 15, 2012
Drove the long way up from Silver City today, past Glenwood, Reserve, and Aragon again. Nice to feel some familiarity with the terrain, and even some of the mercantile community. I’m very grateful how open people are, and they make time. Drove by the Very Large Array, and then tried to high tail it up…
Carnivores’ give and take
Research Blog | June 13, 2012
This is an editorial on the Rewilding Institute‘s web site by Dave Parsons: What’s the big deal about carnivores? A large body of literature supports the conclusion that large carnivores are critical components of healthy and biologically diverse ecosystems. Large carnivores tend to promote plant and animal diversity and ecosystem complexity. Their removal can unleash…
doubt and conviction
Research Blog | June 13, 2012
Why do I need to know all of this? One problem with being a generalist is where to start and when to stop. You feel like a dilettante, you ARE a dabbler. You hope that your naivete serves to make connections where others are more entrenched. You hope that these connections serve some larger snapshot….
Cattle and wolves
Research Blog | June 13, 2012
One perspective: CATTLE and WOLVES Michael Robinson 2003 from Public Lands Ranching …Cattle require huge quantities of water means they will always be vulnerable to wolves in the American West. For in this largely arid region, water and water-loving vegetation are so scarce, and scattered over such wide areas, that cattle must be similarly spread…