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He will talk about his Center for PostNatural History, whose mission is “to acquire, interpret and provide access to a collection of living, preserved and documented organisms of postnatural origin.”

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

He will talk about his Center for PostNatural History, whose mission is “to acquire, interpret and provide access to a collection of living, preserved and documented organisms of postnatural origin.”

A PostNatural History Museum 2009

We have always adapted our environment to our needs—some argue that this is what makes us human—but now we have entered a postnatural world.

The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009

The progression to postnatural history may be a painful birth if the experience of Stelarc, 62, who splits his time between Brunel University in West London and the University of Western Sydney in Australia, is any example.

Artist Stelarc’s Extra Ear Project At The Exit Art Gallery | Impact Lab 2009

In the gallery of postnatural history, for example, is a goat that has been genetically tinkered with to produce spider silk, useful for fishing line and bulletproof vests, in its milk.

Artist Stelarc’s Extra Ear Project At The Exit Art Gallery | Impact Lab 2009

And when we are making changes in this postnatural world, the standard for judgment should not be a now-disappeared nature, but instead a choice about what we think can be done for the good.

End Of Nature 2008

To say our world is postnatural is not to say it can't be improved, or that technology should not be constrained in some areas, or that we should not, in some cases, try to simulate now-gone nature with exquisite fidelity.

End Of Nature 2008

A postnatural world has huge risks, but it could also make things better.

End Of Nature 2008

He says that a postnatural world, without boring whale songs, could make things better, but he ignores the fact that there are still many people who don't want to live in a technologized world.

Letters 2007

The Center for PostNatural History was created "to acquire, interpret and provide access to a collection of living, preserved and documented organisms of postnatural origin."

Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011