“Seeing with a Forager’s Eye: A Conversation with Martin Saxer”

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Saxer, Martin, and Christof Mauch. “Seeing with a Forager’s Eye: A Conversation with Martin Saxer.” Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, no. 5 (June 2024).

Martin Saxer leads the research project “Foraging at the Edge of Capitalism,” based at the Rachel Carson Center (RCC). When this project began, he remodeled an old Mercedes bus to visit foragers on their journey, but he prefers the comfort of his self-made yurt. RCC Director Christof Mauch has a collection of rare alarm clocks from all over the world on his bookshelf, some medicinal plants on his balcony, and has yet to learn how to build a yurt. In this interview, Martin and Christof discuss practices of collecting and scavenging across the world. (From the article)

This article was originally published in Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review. Springs is an online publication featuring peer-reviewed articles, creative nonfiction, and artistic contributions that showcase the work of the Rachel Carson Center and its community across the world.

2024 Martin Saxer and Christof Mauch

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