This first-person narrative about a journey to the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile, allows for a reflection on the philosophical themes of the book Linking Arts with Biocultural Conservation, Restoration, and Communication. Inspired by aesthetic experiences the author had during in situ encounters with birds such as the Magellanic Woodpecker, the Black-faced Ibis, the skua, and Mirror-winged Gulls, this paper explores what it might mean to understand co-inhabitants not as mere specimens, but as related, precarious, and active parts of biocultural expressions. The chapter invites consideration of how aesthetic experiences with other-than-human beings can shift one’s perspective, lending to a deeper understanding of the relationality and ethical weight of being a part of biocultural communities.

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A Bird in the Hand: Experiencing Birds in the Subantarctic

  • Benn Johnson

摘要

This first-person narrative about a journey to the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile, allows for a reflection on the philosophical themes of the book Linking Arts with Biocultural Conservation, Restoration, and Communication. Inspired by aesthetic experiences the author had during in situ encounters with birds such as the Magellanic Woodpecker, the Black-faced Ibis, the skua, and Mirror-winged Gulls, this paper explores what it might mean to understand co-inhabitants not as mere specimens, but as related, precarious, and active parts of biocultural expressions. The chapter invites consideration of how aesthetic experiences with other-than-human beings can shift one’s perspective, lending to a deeper understanding of the relationality and ethical weight of being a part of biocultural communities.