The Labyrinth Project
Exploring the Maze of Nature in Los Angeles.The Labyrinth Project explores the diverse and surprising ways in which Los Angeles is full of different natures--- a veritable trophic cascade of the absurd and surprising. Wetlands, lawns, rats, cats, coyotes, mountain lions interact with human affect, state power, indigenous politics, aesthetic pleasure, local governmental power and much more. It is a collaborative research project at UCLA, based in the Institute for Society and Genetics, and in collaboration with the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies, and using a mix of participant-observation, structured interviewing, collaborative urban anthropology, historical and archival digging, ecological observation, and analysis of social media content. Does this maze have a monster? Did you bring thread?
Read more at https://labyrinth.garden/
Read more at https://labyrinth.garden/
Podcasting since 2022 • 6 episodes
The Labyrinth Project
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Also, Satan
In this episode, Christopher Kelty explores the rather surprising background to the No Kill Movement in LA.Part of the UCLA Labyrinth Research Project, more at https://labyrinth.garden/
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:11
How to See Coyotes
Everybody in Los Angeles has a coyote story, but nobody can quite agree on what seeing a coyote in the city means. What do coyotes mean by the things they do? In this episode Chase Niesner explores how what we see in coyotes is a matter of what...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:04
The Responsibility of Feral Cats
The maze has brought you to a cat's cradle story of responsibility and moral failure. Listen as Niaz Sassounian takes us on a whirlwind tour of the feral cat controversy in Los Angeles. Part of the UCLA Labyrinth Research Project, more a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:55