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Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator
For several years I have photographed primary hardwood forests along the imaginary line of the equator to communicate, persuade and warn of the continued ecological destruction that is occurring along this line. My plan was to capture arcadian visions of equatorial hardwood primary forests before th...
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| author | Meyer, Garth |
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| description | For several years I have photographed primary hardwood forests along the imaginary line of the equator to communicate, persuade and warn of the continued ecological destruction that is occurring along this line. My plan was to capture arcadian visions of equatorial hardwood primary forests before they are destroyed and to show how this arcadian vision is disrupted by a more dystopian one. The images in this project were photographed in three areas that circle the equator: Southeast Asia, Africa and South America, where over half the world's rainforests are concentrated, and which I visited to follow the line. Line is an attempt to understand the current pressures on the equatorial environment and create a photographic exploration of ecology that highlights and foregrounds land, space, territories, boundaries and power. For this, myfield of study and research considers ecology through the theory and lens of photography. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32413 Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator Meyer, Garth Josephy, Svea Photography Ecology For several years I have photographed primary hardwood forests along the imaginary line of the equator to communicate, persuade and warn of the continued ecological destruction that is occurring along this line. My plan was to capture arcadian visions of equatorial hardwood primary forests before they are destroyed and to show how this arcadian vision is disrupted by a more dystopian one. The images in this project were photographed in three areas that circle the equator: Southeast Asia, Africa and South America, where over half the world's rainforests are concentrated, and which I visited to follow the line. Line is an attempt to understand the current pressures on the equatorial environment and create a photographic exploration of ecology that highlights and foregrounds land, space, territories, boundaries and power. For this, myfield of study and research considers ecology through the theory and lens of photography. 2020-11-19T12:09:50Z 2020-11-19T12:09:50Z 2020 2020-11-19T08:35:57Z Master Thesis Masters MFA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32413 eng application/pdf Michaelis School of Fine Art Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Photography Ecology Meyer, Garth Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| title_full | Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| title_fullStr | Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| title_short | Borderlands and Political Ecology: A photographic exploration of the environment, territories, boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| title_sort | borderlands and political ecology a photographic exploration of the environment territories boundaries and power near the imaginary line of the equator |
| topic | Photography Ecology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32413 |
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