Reconciliation with the Cats

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Reconciliation with the Cats Wang, Jiling

Abstract

This project investigates the cat eradication program on Christmas Island, Australia, through the lens of Landscape Architecture. By focusing on the unequal power relations between people and animals, Reconciliation with the Cats extends environmental issues into social issues and asks for a radical change in human society through landscape design and intervention. It opens opportunities to redefine the relationships between human, animals, and nature, and showcases an alternative future for Christmas Island.

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Title	Reconciliation with the Cats
Creator	Wang, Jiling
Date Issued	2021-05-04
Description	This project investigates the cat eradication program on Christmas Island, Australia, through the lens of Landscape Architecture. By focusing on the unequal power relations between people and animals, Reconciliation with the Cats extends environmental issues into social issues and asks for a radical change in human society through landscape design and intervention. It opens opportunities to redefine the relationships between human, animals, and nature, and showcases an alternative future for Christmas Island.
Genre	Graduating Project
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. LARC 598
Date Available	2021-05-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0397266
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78113
Affiliation	Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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