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- | ===Workshop Notes=== | + | ====" |
- | workshop on 20121012 and 20121013. participants; | + | |
- | Concept: Legal identity of trees in period of quick extinction | + | * workshop on 20121012 and 20121013. participants; |
- | Day 1 | + | * workshop on 20130406 and 20130407. participants: Rasa Alksnyte, Heath Bunting, An Mertens, Karin Ulmer, Wai Wai, Christel Dusoleil, Mie Demin, xxxx. |
- | - Look at trees in Forest de Soignes / Verdronken Kinderen-Enfants Noyés | + | |
- | - different elements of identity we looked at: | + | |
- | * origin | + | |
- | * age | + | |
- | * gender | + | |
- | * position/ | + | |
- | - General parameters that create a ' | + | Concept: Legal identity |
- | * minimal: name, date of birth, nationality ~ what's your name? where are you from? how old are you? | + | |
- | -> nationality is complex | + | |
- | -> can nationality be replaced by citizenship? | + | |
- | * functional | + | |
- | other possible parameters: | + | Photos: |
- | health insurance | + | * http:// |
- | fax | + | * http:// |
- | bank account | + | |
- | -> create a ' | + | |
- | === books/ | + | ====Background, |
- | * Compendium of Symb & ritual plants in Europe | + | |
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 1: Day 1==== | ||
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+ | walk and tree identofication in Forest de Soignes / Verdronken Kinderen-Enfants Noyés. | ||
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+ | Different elements of identity we looked at: | ||
+ | * origin | ||
+ | * age | ||
+ | * gender | ||
+ | * position/ | ||
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+ | General parameters that create a ' | ||
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+ | * **minimal** for a natural person: name, date of birth, nationality | ||
+ | * if you can provide an answer to the questions: " | ||
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+ | Nationality is complex in general, and also for the tree | ||
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+ | in some cases nationality could be replaced by citizenship. could this equate to the family or species the tree belongs to? | ||
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+ | * // | ||
+ | * //extra//: health insurance number, debit card/bank account, tax number | ||
+ | * //actual//: website, facebook, linkedin, myspace... | ||
+ | * 'What can x do?' | ||
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+ | proposal to create a ' | ||
+ | * A new legal persona is not necessarily a natural persona | ||
+ | * Personhood can refer to | ||
+ | * a human being (material essence, for example a person living on the street) | ||
+ | * a natural person (for example, someone able to produce a state issued ID) | ||
+ | * an artificial person (a corporation) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Personhood is defined by | ||
+ | * institutions | ||
+ | * a bureaucratic system | ||
+ | * data: if you have enough data you can find/create meaning -> ' | ||
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+ | ' | ||
+ | * kept | ||
+ | * passed on | ||
+ | * destroyed | ||
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+ | we could wrap a corporation around the tree, insert a human dna-fragment in it... | ||
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+ | if you don't have a birth certificate, | ||
+ | |||
+ | **How do we proceed? | ||
+ | - **proto-personhood** for trees: ' | ||
+ | - **philosophical**: | ||
+ | - **physicality**: | ||
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+ | A lot of trees have numbers (is there a register? how is it managed?), we can presume all trees have a owner in Belgium but owners may have different status (forest, private property, city of brussels) | ||
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+ | So maybe interesting to add the parameter of ' | ||
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+ | Q: who owns it? Who has an interest in using it? | ||
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+ | A tree is defined by lineage but also by 'the context': | ||
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+ | Q: where do the seeds come from? where did it grow up? | ||
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+ | We make a checklist and look at it from different perspectives | ||
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+ | Perspective of a tree: does not want to be chopped off & wants the right to light, soil & water | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 1:Day 2==== | ||
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+ | We looked at an 'Oak du marais' | ||
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+ | Look at the plane trees (platane) in front of the Walvis. they are planned to be chopped down, and a local protest was mounted because they are the 2 only trees at that side of the Boulevard (between Yser & Porte de Ninove). There is a plan to replace them with 3 new trees planted 3,5 m closer to the bar (effect: the terrace will be half as big) | ||
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+ | ====discussion on the ' | ||
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+ | * We can create it and integrate it in our daily language, start taking it into account -> method of ' | ||
+ | * Look at the bigger picture: what if trees have legal identity & rights? How will we live alongside them: as separate entities or as chimera of tree/ | ||
+ | * a way to reconnect with trees, restore the natural-human relationship. e.g in some parts of Lithuania it is unthinkeable to cut a tree. | ||
+ | * can we create a map of Brussels' | ||
+ | * do we see artificial arboreality as a business? what does it offer in terms of services (oxygen, fruit, fertile soil) - any shared good is value less in the dominant economic ideology of looking at the world -> maybe think differently? | ||
+ | * look into the ' | ||
+ | * Ecuadorian constitution that has integrated the rights for Nature in the law | ||
+ | * we are the system: there is no authority imposing a system on us, we're the embodiment of a system, our ' | ||
+ | * Heath' | ||
+ | * the human being can occupy most echological niches (of species that disappear) | ||
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+ | Next phase: proof of concept, create prototypes | ||
+ | * Look at information & data that exist already | ||
+ | * question the frequency & absence of parameters, reconceptualize location, speed, appearance of the aboresceal persona | ||
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+ | === books & further reading ==== | ||
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+ | UK barrister Bob Colover and Heath Bunting discuss the legal issues around identities. What constitutes a person? What is the difference between an artificial and a natural person? And what are the legal aspects of buying an identity? in " | ||
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* Guide to wild foods | * Guide to wild foods | ||
* Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world | * Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world | ||
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* Hildegard' | * Hildegard' | ||
* A new green history of the world | * A new green history of the world | ||
+ | * Deep Survival, Lawrence González | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 2: Day1==== | ||
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+ | ===Introduction of remarkable trees in Zoniënwoud/ | ||
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+ | * //the oak// | ||
+ | * //the colonialised tree//: beech of 1882 with an enormous gall, first impression is that of a strong powerful tree, when you look behind it, you see it is invaded by the parasite mushroom Ustulina Deusta -> //possible stories//: the forest is considered to be a museum because of its 'beech cathedral' | ||
+ | * //The solidary and the miraculeus//: | ||
+ | * //Prince charming//: hornbeam/ | ||
+ | * //The Quadruplet//: | ||
+ | * //The kissing trees// | ||
+ | * other trees: the larch (fast grower, encourages the young beeches to grow), the lime tree, the birch with fungi ... | ||
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+ | ===Creation of identities=== | ||
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+ | * ' | ||
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+ | * ' | ||
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+ | * ' | ||
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+ | Other thoughts: | ||
+ | * As humans we have the ability to change our mind: responding to our basic needs, we can change the status of the place (Foret de Soignes can be a reserve or a domain for agriculture (everyone can cut tree down), important to ' | ||
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+ | * what are we trying to protect: money, income – security mechanism, fight to exist (we find it very difficult to give up things, f.ex. give up mobile phone, psychological reasons), change politically for luxury. Fitting / doesn' | ||
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+ | ====Workshop 2: Day2==== | ||
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+ | Exploration of trees in the city of Brussels (1000) | ||
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+ | * Introduction to the juridic context & management of trees and parks | ||
+ | It is complicated :-) | ||
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+ | These public trees can belong to different official owners: the city, the Region (regional roads & parks), the king, the federal state. This is the first thing to find out. | ||
+ | All trees in protected parks are also protected: Parc ROyal, Egmontpark, Leopoldpark, | ||
+ | The trees in Regional parks and on Regional roads are signed with a number. | ||
+ | The newly planted trees in the city of Brussels have only been registered since 2008. In 2011 the city started an (non-publicly accessible) inventory of all trees in 1000 Brussels. It is not finished yet. The rumour goes there are about 40000 different trees. | ||
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+ | The Region has set up a public database on ' | ||
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+ | * | ||
+ | exploratie stad | ||
+ | inleiding tot juridische context & beheer van bomen en domeinen (Belgische politieke systeem, geklasseerde bomen en parken door Gewest, Monumenten en Landschappen + Gewestwegen + koninklijke domeinen → voor volgende keer: een lijst), criteria om een stadsboom te planten (zie blauw boekje) | ||
+ | opzoeking geklasseerde bomen centrum www.arbres-inventaire.irisnet.be | ||
+ | wandeling door de stad, welke bomen, wat geven ze ons, hoe kunnen we ze enten, met wat, om een imaginaire boom te maken: ontdekking van rijke diversiteit op Pantsertroepensquare, | ||
+ | plukken van gedroogde vijgen aan de Beurs / geen bomen in de Dansaertstr | ||
+ | lunch | ||
+ | exploratie ' | ||
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+ | ===References=== | ||
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+ | **Books** | ||
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+ | * Colin Tudge, The Secret Life of Trees, Scala, 2009 | ||
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+ | **Law & Management Links** | ||
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+ | * Brussels Capital Region law & management: | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | *[[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | * Brussels City (1000), Cel Groene Zones - responsable for choosing, planting & maintaining trees in 1000 Brussels: Patrick Maes Patrick.Maes@brucity.be 02/2796006 | ||
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+ | * Le code forestier [[http:// | ||
+ | * Garde Forestier Verdronken Kinderen: Mr Willy Vandevelde (FR): 0497/599 463 | ||
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+ | **Different uses of trees** | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Leafsnap (app Iphone) | ||
+ | * boskoi (app Foam, location edible plants in the city) | ||