The Dark Ecology of Naked Lunch [PDF]
Humanities, 2020 In this article, I argue that William S. Burroughs’ novel Naked Lunch engages in a “perverse aesthetics” that is analogous to Timothy Morton’s theory of dark ecology.
George Hart
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The Light of the Leaf: A Theological Critique of Timothy Morton’s ‘Dark Ecology’
Religions, 2021 The plant has recently emerged as a battleground of conflicting ecocriticisms. ‘Dark Ecology’ is, in the works of Timothy Morton, an ecocritical hermeneutic, in which the world can be subtracted into the parts of objects, of the plant, and of any leaf ...
Ryan Haecker
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Anthropocene Melancholy. Uncanny Familiarity in Contemporary Norwegian Long Poems [PDF]
NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien, 2022 The article presents an analysis of Urd by Ruth Lillegraven and Heime mellom istidene by Guri Sørumgård Botheim. These two works of poetry are studied from an ecocritical perspective primarily inspired by Timothy Morton’s concept of dark ecology and ...
Per Esben Myren-Svelstad
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Of Cats and Crones: Hope and Ecofeminist Utopianism in Leonora Carrington’s 'The Hearing Trumpet'
Anglo Saxonica, 2022 Both in her visual and written productions, surrealist artist Leonora Carrington depicts mythological interspecies communities, where hybrid creatures embody the hope of a peaceful and non-exploratory relationship between humans and animals.
Mariana Cruz
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Pamiętnik Teatralny, 2022 This article considers the performative aspects of environmental narratives, based on the example of the cultural image of the plastic bag. In contemporary culture, disposable plastic bags have become a symbol of the collective guilt related to the role ...
Sylwia Mieczkowska
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Industry: policing the ‘dark side’ of ecology [PDF]
Nature, 2006 David Allsop, Allsop David
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The second life of micro-organisms. Bio-digital design for a new ecology of space and behaviour
Agathón, 2021 To reflect today, as designers and researchers, on the issue of Second Life, is to pose questions not only about the potential contemporary articulations of the term within a disciplinary field defined by knowledge that intertwines sectors like Urbanism,
Alessandro Valenti, Claudia Pasquero
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The ecology of the genome and the dynamics of the biological dark matter
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2021 Transposable elements (TEs) are essential components of the eukaryotic genomes. While mostly deleterious, evidence is mounting that TEs provide the host with beneficial adaptations. How 'selfish' or 'parasitic' DNA persists until it helps species evolution is emerging as a major evolutionary puzzle, especially in asexual taxa where the lack of sex ...
Flores-Ferrer, Alheli +5 more
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Grasping darkness: the dark ecological network as a social-ecological framework to limit the impacts of light pollution on biodiversity [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2021 Artificial light at night (ALAN) is nowadays recognized as a major anthropogenic pressure on the environment on a global scale and as such is called light pollution. Through its attractive or deterrent effects, and its disruption of the biological clock for many animal and plant taxa, ALAN is increasingly recognized as a major threat to global ...
Challéat, Samuel +8 more
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On Bron Taylor’s Dark Green Religion: Contribution and Critiques from Social Theory
AЯGOS, 2022 In 2010, Bron Taylor published his seminal book Dark Green Religion: Nature, Spirituality and the Planetary Future, which rapidly became a “must-read” in the ongoing ecology-religion debates.
Alexandre Grandjean
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