A lexicon of landscape as word, concept, and path to discoveries.
John R. Stilgoe | Dec 30, 2019
Amid all the imperial aspiration, wooly-minded New Age mythologizing, and pure unadulterated commerce, the obelisk stands tall.
Brian A. Curran, Anthony Grafton, Pamela O. Long, and Benjamin Weiss | Dec 16, 2019
From field recordings to bird box automata and clocks, humans have been reproducing and utilizing bird sound for centuries.
John Bevis | Dec 12, 2019
The symbolists of the 19th century saw art not as a social revolution, but as a revolution in sense and how to conceptualize the world.
Zone Books/The Editors | Dec 9, 2019
The choice to have children is not just a prudential or pragmatic decision, nor can it be justified by appealing to “what comes naturally.”
Christine Overall | Dec 5, 2019
The platform is taking care of the problem of meaning in life by getting rid of any time to wonder.
Roberto Simanowski | Dec 3, 2019
To counter the prevalence of bias, more people should choose to have children with Down syndrome.
Chris Kaposy | Nov 26, 2019
The authors of “NSFW” argue that safety has, in myriad ways, become a euphemism for the policy of filtering out or limiting access to sexual content online.
The Editors | Nov 21, 2019
Urbanization and the spread of artificial light are transforming life for all of earth's species, bringing about a host of unintended consequences.
Christopher Preston | Nov 19, 2019
In contrast to the noisy and diverse city, the suburbs were seen as spacious, segregated, and quiet — a much more promising state of affairs to corporations bent on expansion.
Louise A. Mozingo | Nov 15, 2019
An expert in citizenship reveals the concept’s totalitarian, racist, and sexist underpinnings and considers alternatives.
Dimitry Kochenov | Nov 14, 2019
“It’s inconceivable, so I must conceive of it in spite of everything.”
Georges Didi-Huberman | Nov 12, 2019
