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Conceptual model of the Arctic terrestrial biome - taxonomies and interdependencies
competition, predation
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parasitism, disease
herbivory, nutrient, trampling
migration
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polination, nutrient cycling, decomposition
vegetation and fungi
intervertebrates
ocean
habitat, forage
In my project, I focus on non-human and more-than-human agents in these contact zones. Rather than taking a position that attempts a complete (and completely utopian) abandonment of anthropomorphic thinking, we need to adopt more encompassing and critical forms of thinking beyond the human. In doing so, I consider so called contact zones - spaces where “cultures (and species) meet, clash and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power”. In the digital, these contact zones can be exaggerated to reveal often unexpected relations between agents across species, scales and timeframes.
freshwater resources
Conceptual model of the Arctic terrestrial biome, created to support develop-
landscape elements community, composition, spatial configuration, landscape dynamics
ment of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program - Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Monitoring. The model shows key biotic groups (e.g., mammals and invertebrates), relationships among those groups (arrows), and system drivers (e.g., anthropogenic and natural disturbance)
2020/2021
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physical characteristics physiographic setting, geology, elevations, topography, elevation, permafrost, nutrients
soil resources
habitat, forage
nutrients, moisture
habitat, forage
In the digtal, these contact zones can be exagerated to reveal often unexpected relations between agents across species, sclaes and timeframes.
monsters and ghosts of the Russian Arctic
Andra Pop-Jurj
mammals
THE CONTACT ZONE Mary Louise Pratt used the term “contact zones” to describe those spaces where “cultures, meet, clash and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today”.
habitat, forage
altered distributions, communitites, health, phenology, foodwebs, pathogens, migration
climate and atmospheric conditions temperature, precipitation, snow cover and depth, ice extent, solar radiation, climate change, wind, storms, flooding
parasitism, disease
anthropogenic and natural disturbance landscape change, contaminants, fragmentation, non-native species, resource extraction, disturbance, toxins, harvesting, infrastructure, tourism, fire
