annotated bibliography
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here’s an ever growing annotated bibliography... maybe one day I’ll format it
also every link below will take you off site
if you’re curious to try to find the on site page you could try adding the keyword(s) to the end of the url
minigolf.cargo.site/example
minigolf.cargo.site/example-that-demonstrates-spaces-are-hyphens-in-urls
Albarazi, Hannah. “The Slippery Slopes of the World Sand Shortage.” Overture Global. Accessed October 6, 2024. https://www.overtureglobal.io/story/the-slippery-slopes-of-the-world-sand-shortage
First off I found this via one of the best research methods, the cited sources within a wikipedia page (sand). It’s a good quick read that addresses a lot of the dangers of our current consumption of sand, going over some uses and definig the differences between the sand we use and the sand we try to get rid of. The article ends with proposed remidies that are being created/studied, but it doesn’t lean too heavily on this the way some greenwashing does... here’s my favorite quote found in the article by author of The World in a Grain, Vince Beiser “the question is not how do we use less sand, but how do we use less of everything?”. A good point towards degrowth.
Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979
I use this text in my defense of my planned process. This backs up my claims of site specificity and site responsiveness. Christopher Alexander does not draw out plans for his architecture, instead standing on the site and asking questions of where the door should be, what does he want to look at when he walks in, where would the chair be. These methods center the actual human of it all as he walks around placing flags to mark where walls and thresholds are.
Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.
The sort of part two to The Timeless Way of Building. The actual language proposed in the previous text. Human centered understanding of space and what the world could look like. Similar to the center for land use interpretation, but this is more about possibilities and design suggestions instead of CLUI’s matter of fact current reality research.
“The Center for Land Use Interpretation | The Center for Land Use Interpretation.” Accessed April 28, 2024. https://clui.org/.
I use this organization as an influence for the city ecology part of my work. I also go through their database to learn more about little things I might come across in engaging with the city ecosystem.
The Center for Land Use Interpretation. “Foreground - The Landscape of Golf in America.” Accessed April 15, 2024. https://clui.org/newsletter/winter-2016/foreground.
Not overly critical of golf, just laying out facts about how much land it covers and so forth.
“Chapman Elementary / About Us.” Accessed October 17, 2024. https://www.pps.net/domain/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pps.net%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D438.
this is where it says it hosts the largest population of swifts... but doesn’t mention the namesake, which is after some dude that was early in portland’s history and like owned the land or whatever... whole reason I was checking was because there’s a different species of swifts named chapman swifts... after some different dude
Cheddar. Why Desert Golf Courses Are A Thing - Cheddar Explains, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTtYwKCddFM.
Video giving data and history towards why golf courses exist in the desert. It spends a lot of time focusing on Palm Springs California. (not incredibly helpful/relevant if I’m focused on Portland) The video gives some credit to use of non potable water on certain courses (this videos main critique on golf courses is water use). In my adjacent research reading comments on this video and reddit threads, many golfers go to the argument that a golf course is the better option over a shopping mall or some other inorganic structure. I don’t think this is a good argument because it relies on the only other option being something worse… but good to remember golf isn’t the worst thing.
Dark Mountain. “The Manifesto.” Accessed May 5, 2024. https://dark-mountain.net/about/manifesto/.
Doran, Anne, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, “Flow City,” Grand Street, Dirt, Summer 1996, 57.
Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles talks about her work: “the question that FLOW CITY poses is not really what is garbage, but what is reality? And how are we connected to it?” Her work aims to keep flow systems visible. Her art project changed zoning to make a municipal worksite where NYC trash passed through open to the public, visible, and understood. This is a portfolio of the project as well as a conversation/ interview between the two listed authors.
Greenspan, Sam. “99% Invisible,” n.d. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/lawn-order/.
This episode is all about lawns in America. It goes over HOAs and how people have been arrested for not maintaining their lawns. It provides a history of lawns dating back to England and Italian paintings. They interview Paul Robbins who wrote the book Lawn People, he provides more insight and critique of lawns.
Hall, Matthew. “6 Things You Need to Know about Sand Mining.” Mining Technology (blog), May 7, 2020. https://www.mining-technology.com/features/six-things-sand-mining/
Insights, World Bio Market. “The ABCD Agro-Giants: Hidden Movers in Biobased Scaling.” World Bio Market Insights, March 29, 2023. https://worldbiomarketinsights.com/the-abcd-agro-giants-hidden-movers-in-biobased-scaling/.
not too interesting, really just used this as my source saying how ABCD companies control 90% of grain trade. the article doesn’t talk about the louis dreyfus company specifically, but does go over the other 3 and mentions some of their new aquisitons. the article is mainly about bio-plastics (corn) and some of the “green” initiatives/investments they are making. I think the best point is made at the very end, that further growth may be hampered by bad PR as they have seen increased profits while also spiking food prices,,, all while visibilty of these companies increases
Kelley, Caffyn. Art and Survival: Patricia Johanson’s Environmental Projects. Salt Springs Island, BC: Islands Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2006.
Patricia Johanson is my primary artistic influence in terms of broadstroke ecologically minded public art. This book provides a history of her and her works. I haven’t finished reading this but I plan on it as it continues to be interesting and relevant.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2003.
This book does not help you identify moss or how to grow/cultivate it. There were interesting parts that spoke to the poetics and role of moss. I appreciated the section on the climate it creates as the air surrounding moss is warmer and the wind is different. It was vaguely helpful in a broader inspiration sense.
Lopez, Barry. Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2006.
This is a collection of terms for different aspects of the american landscape. It ranges from parts of mountains you wouldn’t have thought to name, to human created topology and practices (dams and burn piles). Each entry is authored by an individual providing a plethora of different perspectives and sources for what are at times regional language or phenomana). Personally I’m highly considering buying this for myself.
McCaffrey, Rachel E., and Susan M. Wethington. “How the Presence of Feeders Affects the Use of Local Floral Resources by Hummingbirds: A Case Study from Southern Arizona.” The Condor 110, no. 4 (November 2008): 786–91. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2008.8621.
I only read the abstract and discussion, this is a case study that documented flower abundance over time and feeder usage frequency over time and demonstrated a correlation between the two. Data was not collected documenting flower usage throughout study, so hypotheses where made around the risk of some flowers not being pollinated. The discussion portion did offer interesting notes on why humming birds would opt for flowers (higher sugar content might act as a better reward stimuli), overall though it ended up making me think about how we can’t be inside a humming birds brain so we won’t actually be able to answer some of these questions. also side note i’ve got this fear that soon we will be using drones to pollinate (like robots)...there making them... I believe we can live in a world without mosquitos, but I fear the impact of needing to rely on robots for pollination.
Moore, Jason W. Capitalism in the Web of Life. London: Verso Books, 2015.
All you need to read is the intro that lays out the entire book. I use this for quotes around the term “world ecology”. It pushes the work to be anti-capitalist or at the very least acknowledging how capitalism is inherently intertwined/shapes our world. If I’m researching city ecology I need to understand capitalism’s role in it. (this text also argues against the binary of human and nature.)
Odum, Howard T. Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology. Rev. ed. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1994.
This is a textbook, it made me realize that when it comes to learning this on my own (outside of academia) that it makes more sense to understand ecology and systems in a more lived everyday sense. What is relevant to me helps me learn more in the end. The great thing about ecology is that it is all around us and it is us. You can, but you dont have to, dive into the microscopic world and other out of scale sciences, you can go out and live your life curiously, following threads on your own.
Oregon Biodiversity Project. Oregon’s Living Landscape: Strategies and Opportunities to Conserve Biodiversity. Washington, DC: Defenders of Wildlife, 1998.
This book is fairly focused on the bureaucracy and politics of conservation. Not in a fun critical way but in a more governance, policy point of view. It gives statistics on population and land ownership. It highlights how watersheds are the best way to divide up these ecoregion efforts. Information focuses on historical and current vegetation analysis, at-risk species, aquatics, conservation issues specific to regions, and opportunities for change.
Oregonian/OregonLive, Jamie Hale | The. “Maryhill Festival of Speed Calls It Quits, as Skateboarders Scramble to Replace It.” oregonlive, May 18, 2016. https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/2016/05/maryhill_festival_of_speed_cal.html.
the wikipedia page on sam hill/maryhill loops road mentions an annual down hill longboard/road luge race as part of the International Downhill Federation World Cup Series (which has a dead website), this clears article clears up the race(s?) are still part of the world circuit, but now just qualifiers... though again, the main website is down... but regardless this is also how I found out that people still race there through the local skate club the maryhill ratz who seem to do most of the hosting now.
Pojar, Jim, Andy MacKinnon. Revised Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. New Edition. Auburn, WA: Lone Pine Publishing, 2014.
This is a helpful list of native plants. I use this for identifying moss and lichen, though you really need a magnifying glass and a mm ruler to feel confident in identifications.
Portland Orbit. “Portland Orbit,” July 5, 2024. https://portlandorbit.com.
a blog run by David Craig about odds and ends in portland, a rabbit hole of curious notes and questions. this blog actually spawned a pittsburgh spin-off that has taken the idea and pushed it closer toward publication with staff and footnotes. I want to meet this guy sometime.
Thompson, Nato. Experimental Geography: Radical Approaches to Landscape, Cartography, and Urbanism. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House Publishing, 2008.
Very helpful in framing my work as research and the benefits of studying geography. This book is for an exhibition of the same name with essays that go with the overall goals. Trevor Paglan has an essay and work in this book… he coined the term “Experimental Geography”
Twilley, Nicola. “Finding Tarzan at the Sanitation Department” Good, April 12, 2011. https://www.good.is/articles/finding-tarzan-at-the-sanitation-department
This is an interview/overview on the Center for Land Use Interpretation. It provides a sort of synopsis of their work and goals, as well as highlights some projects. The best parts of this article are quoted in the wikipedia article on CLUI.
Weintraub, Linda. To Life!: Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012.
This is a collection of artists and groups and the work they do as it relates to eco art. There are tags and groupings, so the table of contents, index, and other networking attempts can be fun to explore.
Weilacher, Udo. Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art. Basel: Birkhäuser - Publishers for Architecture, 1999.
wikipedia
I wont lie, this is often my first source, so much so that I will simply link to the landing page. look up most any topic I cover and you’ll see that I gave you the highlights (as well as further context and deeper research). I don’t think it’s a bad website nor unworthy of being a real source, but by its nature I don’t feel the need to make indivual citiations. all that being said it does have its dangers (as does everything), mainly that it provides--sometimes the only accesible information, in a stale way that attempts to be unbiased, this is a point I started really considering after watching a video from my favorite conservative (canadian) voice... this is about as far right as I’m willing to entertain... though as mentioned in the macadam page, I do like using forbes as a source when I can.