Alexander von Humboldt, diagram of a cross-section of the earth’s crust, 1841. From Heinrich Berghaus, Physikalischer Atlas (Gotha: J. Perthes, 1852).
Edited by Saša Dobričič, Tessa Matteini
Deep can be framed as a counter-concept to the modern illusion of the limitless (Scaffai 2025). The surface, as a space of limitless expansion, can no longer conceal the stratification of ecological, social, and material crises, thus revealing itself as an exhausted dimension, whereas a new potential emerges in stratified and reactive depth. In the 21st century, depth thus replaces the limitless ambition: where once there was expansion, now there is thickness, pressure, and resistance. Depth becomes a place of memory, of planning tension, and of reconfiguring our relationship with the planet through perspectives similar to those of deep ecology (Næss 1992), attempting to grasp the limits of the anthropocentric attitude (Scaffai 2025)… Read More
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