https://vegasharmon.com/tags/nature/ Recent content in Nature on Vegas Harmon Hugo en Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/from-keeper-to-gardener/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://vegasharmon.com/commonplace/from-keeper-to-gardener/ Upholding God’s design and keeping the boundaries of nature and culture under supervision were thus the ideals of pre-modern utopian endeavors. With modernity came the urge to control and manipulate nature, resulting in the gardener’s approach as a concept of utopianism. (…) In gardening utopias, man took control over his garden, giving it ‘constant attention and effort,’ forcing ‘his preconceived design on the plot’ (Bauman, Liquid Times 99) by selection, cultivation, and exclusion of unwanted elements.