Worlding in an Insect Hotel

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2023-02-28

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Department of Art and Media

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11

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Research in Arts and Education, Volume 2023, issue 1, pp. 44-54

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In this article, I examine how humans invite insects into the human-based order and materialism. I begin by exploring insect hotels’ phenomenon, history, and aims. I then take a closer look at DIY guides and instructions on how to build an insect hotel. According to studies in urban ecology, the original goals of supporting biodiversity are poorly realized. Instead, I state that insect hotels can be seen as a practice of staying with the trouble. With this focus and with some works of art, complex questions of agency, representation, knowledge, power, government, and control can be examined.

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non-human agency, other-than-human agency, other-than-human animal builders, built environment, representation, multispecies urban demography, posthumanism, new materialism

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10.54916/rae.126191

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Ljokkoi, K 2023, ' Worlding in an Insect Hotel ', Research in Arts and Education, vol. 2023, no. 1, pp. 44-54 . https://doi.org/10.54916/rae.126191

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