The Labyrinth Research Project

Research in the Labyrinth Project.

Here are various completed and ongoing projects from the members of the Labyrinth project.

An Introduction to the Labyrinth

Christopher M. Kelty

Nature in LA? Yes.

entanglement absurdity animals politics

Part of the Research maze.

Animals, Angelenos and the Arbitrary

Christopher Kelty and Soledad Altrudi

In which the concept of arbitrary domination is applied to an analysis of the way people on Nextdoor talk about and try to govern wildlife in Los Angeles

social-media animals politics arbitrariness entanglement

Part of the Research maze.

Wetlands Protectors and the Unfungible

Bradley Cardozo and Christopher Kelty

A project exploring how the future and the past collide in the conflict over oil, wetlands and local indigenous activism.

sustainability politics wetlands indigenousactivism restoration mitigation intangibles

Part of the Research maze.

The Ecology of the Bait Station

Christopher M. Kelty

A project about the most common black box you have never opened.

rats poison bait-stations pest-control mitigation reservoir disease architecture

Part of the Research maze.

Coyotes in the Cloud

Chase Niesner, Spencer Robins and Christopher Kelty

A paper analyzing how cloud coyotes participate in contemporary Angeleno settler colonialism.

coyotes coexistence social-media ecology generalized-domestication

Part of the Research maze.

Another Insane Devotion

Jessica Lynch and Christopher M. Kelty

Los Angeles has a pink cat problem.

feral-cats politics niche ecology

Part of the Research maze.