Category: Context of the project

  • Bryologists

    Throughout our project, we will conduct semi-structured interviews with bryologists, scientific with an expertise in mosses (bryophytes), to get their insight on their specific mode of being. The main question we ask ourselves to lead this inquiry is “how will mosses react to climate change ?“. We have done a survey of the field and…

  • Media ecology

    Media ecology is a field of study that looks at how technologies – including bio-technologies – relate perceptual systems to the world and, indeed, shape and are shaped by the perceptions, experiences and behaviors of those systems. The term was popularized by Neil Postman, who emphasized that media ecology involves the study of the role…

  • Umwelt

    The notion of Umwelt, developed by the biologist and philosopher Jakob von Uexküll, is essential to understanding our approach to mosses. Umwelt, a German term that can be translated as “own world” or “perceptual environment”, refers to the specific set of meaningful relationships between an organism and its environment, as perceived and experienced by that…

  • Research creation

    Research-creation (R-C) is an academic approach that integrates artistic practices and theories into scientific processes to generate new knowledge. It lies at the intersection of creation and research, and mobilizes reflexive material practices to this end. This research modality is in the process of being institutionalized in institutions such as the Université de Montréal, and…

  • Conceptual and methodological framework

    CRITICAL MAKING RESEARCH CREATION UMWELT MEDIA ECOLOGY

  • Critical making

    Critical Making is a term originally popularized by Matt Ratto, which refers to methods that combine technical manipulation and fabrication with critical thinking. This approach considers that directly and practically manipulating technical objects is a form of thinking. Critical Making distances itself from approaches that focus solely on the instrumentalization of artefacts, by avoiding reducing…

  • Collaborations

    ARS BIOARCTICA CHIC (Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation) BRYOLOGISTS

  • Montreal Botanical Garden

    Founded in 1932 by brother Marie-Victorin, the Montreal Botanical Garden is a nestled in the heart of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It spans over 75 hectares (190 acres) and showcases a diverse collection of plants from around the world. Established in 1931, it is considered one of the most important botanical gardens globally. Visitors can explore…

  • Cape Horn

    During our trip to Navarino, in the Chilean part of Patagonia, we will follow the same approach as in Kilpisjärvi, Finland, alternating between visits, interviews and a residency all throughout a month between December 2021 and January 2022. The residency of two weeks will be in the Omora ethnobotanical parc (Parque Etnobotanico Omora), located in…

  • Kilpisjärvi

    Affiliated with the University of Helsinki, the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station allows researchers and students to stay there to study cultural and natural sciences in the northern region of Finland. The project acquired a residency of two weeks there that used to observe and collect samples of bipolar bryophytes. We alternated between observations in situ to…