“What on Earth”: Confluences in the planetary metabolism

November 26th, 2019

Field Station 4 contributor Andrew Yang elucidates on the reasons for taking its title, “Confluence Ecologies,” as a lens through which to apprehend the Anthropocene

In this reflection for Temporary continent., Field Station 4 contributor Andrew Yang elucidates on the reasons for taking its title, “Confluence Ecologies,” as a lens through which to apprehend the Anthropocene. Tracing lines of historical exploration and contemporary extraction, Yang outlines the gross transition of scale, both geographic and temporal, that the current planetary metabolism hinges upon.