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Modernity’s binary narratives of infinite progress or inevitable apocalypse have failed our collective imagination in the face of the accelerating Anthropocene. This essay proposes an “ecology of world models,” an experimental approach that weaves together diverse scientific, indigenous, and artistic perspectives to make mutual co-existence thinkable. By cultivating this speculative “summoning circle,” we can empower future generations to reinvent the methodologies necessary for living on a radically shifting, multiple planet. Read Casper Bruun Jensen’s new piece, “An Ecology of World Models.”

An Ecology of World Models
by Casper Bruun Jensen
Speculations for a Time of Planetary Transition “You know, sometimes I feel like I was shipwrecked here. It’s like I don’t have the right tools, and I’m supposed to just improvise. It seems impossible.” Half weary, half frustrated.“But we’ve got the right tools.” “The tools are rusty and broken, Jim,” she said, sighing.Jeff Vandermeer, Absolution … Read more

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Issue 6

Approaching Digital Anthropocene(s): A Double Vision

edited by James Maguire, Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen, and Rachel Douglas Jones

INTRODUCTION. Approaching Digital Anthropocene(s): A Double Vision
James Maguire, Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen and Rachel Douglas-Jones
PDF | Pages: i–ixi

The Limits to Computational Growth: Digital Databases and Climate Change in the Caribbean
Sarah E. Vaughn
PDF | Pages: 1–27

Sensing in and Beyond the Digital Anthropocene
Saadia Mirza
PDF | Pages: 28–47

Repairing the Anthropocene: Toward Civic Validity for Environmental Data Justice
Lourdes Vera
PDF | Pages: 48–79

Biotechnology and the Climate Emergency: Speculating with Grow Your Own Cloud
James Maguire, Cyrus Clarke and Monika Seyfried
PDF | Pages: 80–102

AFTERWORD. Digital Anthropocene: Computing an Epoch in the Making
Jennifer Gabrys
PDF | Pages: 103–110