Kristina Van Dexter
Biographic Data
| ID | 778546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristina Van Dexter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Dexter |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEXTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7770-5568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rastrojo
Todo esto era monte. Desde allá donde se ve hasta acá. Mire esa bola de monte. Esos son árboles naturales que están ahí desde la creación. Y lo tumbaron. y lo quemaron. y le sembraron pasto.1 Microorganismo says this was Indigenous land colonized by the church. The church colonized productive systems too. The church was a cattle system. How did they produce this system? They invented a saint. Ganaderos bow to San Isidro cattle offerings on the al…
Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices
Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices is a speculative endeavor asking how we may represent, relay, and read worlds differently by seeing other species as protagonists in their own rights. What other stories are to be invented and told from within those many-tongued chatters of multispecies collectives? Could such stories teach us how to become human otherwise? Often, the human is defined as the sole creature who holds language, and …
Paz con la selva
Este ensayo navega a través de los bosques vivos de la Amazonía colombiana, reflexionando sobre lo que hemos heredado en tiempos de la así llamada “paz”, a medida que esta se desarrolla en un contexto de creciente violencia y deforestación. La firma del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia, en 2016, marcó el fin de una guerra de décadas entre el gobierno y las Farc, pero también supuso otra guerra contra la selva. Este ensayo se basa en una investigación e…
Sowing peace
The end of gunpoint conservation
In November 2016, after 52 years of armed conflict, the Colombian government and the primary rebel group, the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) reached a peace agreement. The agreement incorporated three changes to institutions governing forest land occupation and use: (a) the demobilization of FARC from forested places, (2) the future distribution of legal land titles and new road construction into forests, and (3) the eradicati…
The end of gunpoint conservation
In November 2016, after 52 years of armed conflict, the Colombian government and the primary rebel group, the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) reached a peace agreement. The agreement incorporated three changes to institutions governing forest land occupation and use: (a) the demobilization of FARC from forested places, (2) the future distribution of legal land titles and new road construction into forests, and (3) the eradicati…
Paz con la selva
Este ensayo navega a través de los bosques vivos de la Amazonía colombiana, reflexionando sobre lo que hemos heredado en tiempos de la así llamada “paz”, a medida que esta se desarrolla en un contexto de creciente violencia y deforestación. La firma del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia, en 2016, marcó el fin de una guerra de décadas entre el gobierno y las Farc, pero también supuso otra guerra contra la selva. Este ensayo se basa en una investigación e…
Sowing peace
Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices
Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices is a speculative endeavor asking how we may represent, relay, and read worlds differently by seeing other species as protagonists in their own rights. What other stories are to be invented and told from within those many-tongued chatters of multispecies collectives? Could such stories teach us how to become human otherwise? Often, the human is defined as the sole creature who holds language, and …
Rastrojo
Todo esto era monte. Desde allá donde se ve hasta acá. Mire esa bola de monte. Esos son árboles naturales que están ahí desde la creación. Y lo tumbaron. y lo quemaron. y le sembraron pasto.1 Microorganismo says this was Indigenous land colonized by the church. The church colonized productive systems too. The church was a cattle system. How did they produce this system? They invented a saint. Ganaderos bow to San Isidro cattle offerings on the al…
Ecology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Amazon rainforest (3 works) · Biology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Agroforestry (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Indigenous Cultures and History (2 works) · Political science (2 works)