Noticing the common invisible(s): ecologies of placemaking

Abstract

We live, in general, without intimate bonds with other than humans, in the paradigm of the exceptionalism of human life and the consequent misappropriation of a common space. We are deaf and blind in relation to many other living beings, excluding them from our homes, schools, cities…We have become depleted and living in a state of impoverishment that we impose to others without realising what an opportunity it is to live in extended communities with many other beings; to breath with clovers, learn with snails, conspire with beetles.