Abstract
Is it possible to talk about nature and represent the landscape as something that exists independently of the observer? The book Landscape with(out) Locus begins with this central question, interpreting the landscape as a social, economic, and ecological construct in constant transformation. Addressing issues of power, identity, and natural resources, the publication explores topics such as the myth of the untouched and pristine, the use of landscape to promote and consolidate colonial hegemonies, and the Earth’s surface as a recording device with implications for an environmental archive. The book features contributions from scholars and artists such as T.J. Demos, Tiago Torres-Campos, Tiffany Kaewen Dang, Hagit Keysar and Ariel Caine, Teresa Mendes Flores, Chris Malcolm, and Irmgard Emmelhainz.