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  • Intro Survey

    Here is an introductory survey for me to get a background on the use of digital media by animal behavior researchers. If you study animal beavior, please fill it out! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_hGb-XKGDJraD0mIr49n6tlneIbtJjzdpXYi9tekF5c/viewform   Thanks!

  • Snappy Fireflies

    Snappy Fireflies

    After the Gamboa Talk, I shadowed Peter’s work in the Field. He is about to launch into his official experimentation, and is spotting a couple more trees to use in his tests. While the jungle is full of cecropia trees, only a certain small demographic can fit into the constraints of Peter’s experiment. Some factors…

  • Logo

    Logo

    The Digital Naturalism Logo is a stylized version of one of ‘Etienne Jules Marey’s diagrams of the wing movement behavior of a bee. Marey developed novel techniques for simultaneously extracting and sharing information from the animal world, and helped give birth to the new medium of film. His tools (sensors, triggers, and temporal photography) promoted…

  • Background – Gamboa

    Background – Gamboa

      Gamboa is a strange town at the end of  a highway across Panama full of scientists, townies, resort goers, and canal workers. It sits in the middle of the country directly at the intersection of the Chagres River and the Panama Canal. It was originally an American township built for canal zone workers, but…

  • Bat Shadow

    Bat Shadow

    Low morning with lots of computer stuff. Nice and rainy out but still couldn’t sleep. Things brightened up with brief chat with Kitty and then initial interviews and shadowing of Toni. Today is Toni’s full induction to my research. We go over the papers and what we plan to do. Then I shadow her daily…

  • Tiny Cicaduinos

    Tiny Cicaduinos

    First talk is scheduled for the day. A 15 minute quick “teaser” introduction to “Digital Naturalism” scheduled for after Kathy’s talk about Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi. Peter meets girl named Steffie from Konstanz who is leaving today but is very interested in my work. She is part of an Ant Course that is ending today, so…

  • Participant Journals

    Participant Journals

    All of my core participants are given their own official journals in which to keep their thoughts. I offered several different sizes, shapes, and abilities of journals so they they could choose on that best suited them. Both Toni and Peter opted for the smaller sized journals with Peter choosing the waterproof one (that you…

  • Digital Media Field Guides

    Digital Media Field Guides

    “What is Digital Naturalism” PDF        “Inspirations” PDF    Design Considerations for Ethology PDF I compiled several different projects at the intersections of performance art, literature, design, physical computing, and cybiotic animal-machines. The goal was to have a rich reference guide for scientists to browse, investigate, and potentially adapt to their own approaches…

  • Jungle Techno Performance 1

    Jungle Techno Performance 1

    I instructed peter to take two techno-artifacts from our messy biocrafting station which we were setting up (it has a sign now!). We would use these to enact some sort of performance prototyping a behavioral tool. As with any performance, I find myself always internally cynical. I default to being my own devil’s advocate despite…

  • Hannah Perner-Wilson: Collaborator

    Hannah Perner-Wilson: Collaborator

    Hannah Perner-Wilson combines conductive materials and craft techniques, developing new styles of building electronics that emphasize materiality and process. She received a B.Sc. in Industrial Design from the University for Art and Industrial Design Linz and an M.Sc. in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, where she was a student in the…