This week we’ve immersed ourselves in the writings of Environmental Scholar and Sociologist Noel Castree. The week began with an introduction to Castree’s more systematic environmental theory. Our first reading broadly covered some of the fundamental aspects of Castree’s argument, and began to define some of the terms Castree uses in the remainder of the […]

What do oysters and ontology have in common? Besides Os, Ys and Ts they can both be found in Willipa bay (pronounced Willipaaw as I learned from local sources) in the evergreen state Washington (or wharshington ;). It was rather serendipitous that my field trip to Willipa Bay with ENVS 330 happened the very weekend […]

What is?   Is a large question. And how do we know? Is equally burdensome. We dove headlong into the subject of ontology in Tuesday’s class. I had the sincere pleasure of facilitating the day’s discussion with two blindingly intelligent and inspiring friends; Tom and Lucy. Our job was to tackle two works wrestling with […]

Just as thinking about theory is an adventure into the mind, applying theory is an adventure into the imagination. Or, at the very least, an adventure to Roseburg, Oregon. “Class” this week began a little earlier than usual; around 7 am to be exact. And lasted a little longer too. Our field trip took us […]

Entanglement is a curious phenomena where two or more things become almost inextricably linked. Since this and last week’s discussions I’ve walked away from class with what I believe is a more nuanced, detangled (so to speak) understanding of theory. The place I’ve come to in my understanding of theory, is that theories are more […]