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''“Along with other surveillance technologies, from high-resolution satellite imaging to miniature radio tags, they will be crucial tools for preserving what's left of the world's biodiversity. […] Still, as we expand the culture of surveillance into nature's last redoubts, it might be worth keeping some […] concerns in mind: namely, that the means we use to promote biodiversity can undermine our purposes and that a technology that's right for one place isn't necessarily right for all places. Wilderness activists of the last century believed it was crucial to maintain a few places where one could hike for days without encountering cars or roads.”'' - | ''“Along with other surveillance technologies, from high-resolution satellite imaging to miniature radio tags, they will be crucial tools for preserving what's left of the world's biodiversity. […] Still, as we expand the culture of surveillance into nature's last redoubts, it might be worth keeping some […] concerns in mind: namely, that the means we use to promote biodiversity can undermine our purposes and that a technology that's right for one place isn't necessarily right for all places. Wilderness activists of the last century believed it was crucial to maintain a few places where one could hike for days without encountering cars or roads.”'' -Etienne Bensond | ||
Thinking about those words that Bendson wrote about camera traps I would like to reflect on the specific structures of nature and the urban space. I want to emphasize that those two milieus are not to be seen as opposite positions within a binary system but as complex environments that contain power structures that shape human perception in different ways. | Thinking about those words that Bendson wrote about camera traps I would like to reflect on the specific structures of nature and the urban space. I want to emphasize that those two milieus are not to be seen as opposite positions within a binary system but as complex environments that contain power structures that shape human perception in different ways. |
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