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Transitory Places (2012), Part 4
Here is the conclusion of my old paper, which derives from my reflection on the Karori Sanctuary some lessons on scale, change, and the need for an experimental approach to ethics. Ethics in Transitory Places What does it imply for the conservation project at Karori if the place in which it unfolds is, in some… Continue reading
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 3
The landscape of New Zealand is especially dynamic. The Karori Sanctuary in Wellington is caught in a kind of biogeographic storm pulling it on into the future even as its managers attempt to pull it back into the past. The possibility of an abrupt, radical transition in the landscape, even at a very short time-scale,… Continue reading
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Transitory Places (2012), Part 2
In this section, I develop on the idea that project may serve as a basic element of ethical inquiry, an idea in which I now have renewed interest. Following from my 2010 book, The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth, I connect project with place, with the twist that places tend not to remain as they have… Continue reading