Where does society begin and nature end? In our world, especially today, there is a very thin line which (may) separate(s) the two. Linda Nash, author of "The Agency of Nature or the Nature of Agency?" brings up this very point, in this age of factory farms and genetic engineering, how might we consider the ways all of those themes come together in cultural understandings of nature? We are nature, nature is us, though we have evolved to use alternative means by which we increase productivity and (improve) quality of life, we do nonetheless depend in one way or another on the earth. In this way it is difficult to define boundaries and separate 'us' from 'them' (nature), as we require nature in our incorporation of 'man-made' machines in the greater context.
- Jassa
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