Over your cities grass will grow

Sensitive light-touch upcycling of an old locomotive works. Curated rewilding and planting for biodiversity. Working with the past, bridging past and present. Designing landscapes with sensitivity to ecosystem. Manifestations of an archaeological sensibility and acting-with nature [Link]. The opening in 1998 of the bridge across the Storebaelt, connecting the two biggest islands in Denmark, brought…

Andrew Pickering — acting with the world

In a complex world of uncertainty, precarity, risk, and trouble, how do we conceive and teach science? I got to read Andrew Pickering’s new book today — Acting with the World [Link]. I have long admired his philosophically-informed studies of scientific practice. With such elegant and compelling clarity he makes the case for a sustainable…

The archaeological life of things — Bornholm

Hosts, ghosts, visitors For some years I have been making archaeological visits to Bornholm, the Danish island south of Sweden. Rock art, unique prehistoric sites and monuments, medieval settlement, churches and castles, rune stones, fishing industry, cold war relics, an arts community since the nineteenth century, contemporary heritage and tourism. The mingling remains of many…