This 2014 article by Eleana Kim was published by RCC Perspectives and is available on the Environment and Society Portal.
Abstract:
"Conservation areas within the Korean demilitarized zone generate new “natures” that are deeply political and enmeshed in evolving relations among humans and nonhumans, as seen using the example of migratory cranes. The endangered cranes literally transcend geopolitical borders, providing hope for the surmounting of the ideological differences that separate North and South. At the same time, these cranes have exhibited rather remarkable adaptations to the conditions of the national division: they adapted to utilizing the T’ogyo Reservoir as a habitat in response to famine conditions in North Korea and hospitable feeding programs in Yangji village."
Source
Kim, Eleana. 2014. “The Flight of Cranes: Militarized Nature at the North Korea–South Korea Border.” In: “Asian Environments: Connections across Borders, Landscapes, and Times,” edited by Ursula Münster, Shiho Satsuka, and Gunnel Cederlöf, RCC Perspectives, 3:65–70. DOI: doi.org/10.5282/rcc/6339
Eleana Kim, "The Flight of Cranes: Militarized Nature at the North Korea–South Korea border", contributed by Maggie Woodruff, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 4 August 2018, accessed 24 August 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/flight-cranes-militarized-nature-north-korea–south-korea-border
Critical Commentary
This 2014 article by Eleana Kim was published by RCC Perspectives and is available on the Environment and Society Portal.
Abstract:
"Conservation areas within the Korean demilitarized zone generate new “natures” that are deeply political and enmeshed in evolving relations among humans and nonhumans, as seen using the example of migratory cranes. The endangered cranes literally transcend geopolitical borders, providing hope for the surmounting of the ideological differences that separate North and South. At the same time, these cranes have exhibited rather remarkable adaptations to the conditions of the national division: they adapted to utilizing the T’ogyo Reservoir as a habitat in response to famine conditions in North Korea and hospitable feeding programs in Yangji village."