PDF-[BOOK]-A Bestiary of the Anthropocene: Hybrid Plants, Animals, Minerals, Fungi, and Other

Equally inspired by medieval bestiaries and observations of our damaged planet A Bestiary of the Anthropocene is a compilation of hybrid creatures of our time Designed as a field handbook it aims at helping us observe navigate and orientate into the increasingly artificial fabric of the worldPlastiglomerates surveillance robot dogs fordite artificial grass antenna trees SarsCovid2 decapitated mountains dronefighting eagles standardised bananas each of these specimens are symptomatic of the rapidly transforming postnatural era we live in Often without us even noticing them these creatures exponentially spread and coexist with usA Bestiary of the Anthropocene seeks to capture this precise moment when the biosphere and technosphere merge and mesh into one new hybrid body What happens when technologies and their unintended consequences become so ubiquitous that it is difficult to define what is natural or not What does it mean to live in a hybrid environment made of organic and synthetic matter What new specimens are currently populating our planet at the beginning of the 21st century. Do you know any? . What animals do they put together?. bestiary. In medieval times, a book with stories and illustrations which depicted real and mythical animals or plants to illustrate a (usually Christian) moral. The stories were initially derived from the Greek . -More information on / discussion of who interacted with these works, and how.. -Group work on difficult texts?. -Summaries for works with difficult . language particularly helpful.. "It's too easy to not participate." . Photo by Andreas . Kunze. Fungi are their own kingdom. Animals. Barton et al. . Evolution. Fungi. Plants. Fungi are not plants. Plants make their own nutrition (sugar) from light and water via photosynthesis.. All the what, whys and whos.. Geo-morphology: What is it?. Geo . is the Earth.. Morph. is the change of something.. -Ology . is the study of something.. So,. Geomorphology. . is the study of the change of the Earth.. the ‘Human Condition’ in the Anthropocene. The ‘Silence of the Limbs’ in Western Political Theory . Lack of analysis to vulnerability within western political theory, especially liberalism and orthodox economic thinking (exception, green and feminist thinking, Alastair MacIntyre). 4.1 Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected. 4.2 Evolution. 4.3 The Diversity of Living Things. Classroom Catalyst. 4.1 Ecosystems: Everything is Connected. Objectives. Distinguish. . between the biotic and . Three Domains:. Six Kingdoms. Characteristics of Animals. All . multicellular. . (metazoans). Eukaryotes. . (cells with nucleus & organelles). Ingestive. . heterotrophs. . (take in food and internally digest it). Three Domains:. Six Kingdoms. Characteristics of Animals. All . multicellular. . (metazoans). Eukaryotes. . (cells with nucleus & organelles). Ingestive. . heterotrophs. . (take in food and internally digest it). Heterotroph. Fungi are mostly saprobes, meaning they feed on dead organisms. That makes them HETEROTROPHS! . Fungi cell walls are made of…. Cellulose. Peptidoglycan. Chitin. Chitin!. Fungi Characteristics. 50THEFungusOBJECTIVE To introduce new words associated with fungiBACKGROUND INFORMATIONTo learn about fungi students need to become familiar with the terms used to describe their biology and ecology Chapter 29 Key Concepts. 29.1 Fungi Digest Food Outside Their Bodies. 29.2 Fungi Are Decomposers, Parasites, Predators, or Mutualists. 29.3 Sex in Fungi Involves Multiple Mating Types . 29.4 Fungi Have Many Practical Uses. Overview of fungi - Characteristics. Fungi are :. Eukaryotic. Nonphotosynthetic. Multicellular - most. Heterotrophs. Fungi are microscopic molds or yeast. Characteristics . Molds. are fungus that grow on bread and oranges and are tangled masses of filaments of cells. . Dry mount of plant . . The steps of plant preserving: . A. . Allow and support accurate identification of plants, algae, lichens and fungi.. B. . Provide a permanent record for a species occurring at a particular time and place.. Source: . Andrzej Krauze. 2. Inquiry Question. When did the Anthropocene begin?. Anthropocene.... a human-dominated geological epoch.. Popularized by the Dutch atmospheric chemist Paul . Crutzen. in 2000.