Natural History of Silence Portents makes space for ethnographic speculation

makes space for ethnographic speculation of practices and relations that exist in a way we do not know

like “Spaceship Earth”

The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences

als Gewürz und Heilmittel und balsamierten damit ihre Mumien ein

Natural History of Silence Portents makes space for ethnographic speculationIn our busy, noisy world, we may find ourselves longing for silence. But what is silence exactly? Is it the total absence of sound? Or is it the absence of the sound created by humans the kind of deep stillness you might experience in a remote mountain landscape covered in snow, far away from the bustle of human life? When we listen closely, silence reveals a neglected reality. Neither empty nor singular, silence is instead plentiful and multiple. In