The Environment of Knowledge

Barkskins

This flow traces what different characters know about forests, how they learn it, and how knowledge is preserved, ignored, or appropriated.

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Bearing strength in each event

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Learning the Woods Learning the Woods from "Barkskins". Learning the Woods Knowledge Through Practice René learns trees, rivers, weather, and animals through hard work and Mari’s practical instruction.

Learning the Woods from "Barkskins". Learning the Woods Knowledge Through Practice René learns trees, rivers, weather, and animals through hard work and Mari’s practical instruction.

Learning the Woods Knowledge Through Practice René learns trees, rivers, weather, and animals through hard work and Mari’s practical instruction. Two Ways of Knowing His measured, extractive habits coexist uneasily with her relational understanding of the forest.

A Forest Cataloged A Forest Cataloged from "Barkskins". A Forest Cataloged Commercial Observation Duquet notices woods by their market uses and asks which species can supply profit and trade.

A Forest Cataloged from "Barkskins". A Forest Cataloged Commercial Observation Duquet notices woods by their market uses and asks which species can supply profit and trade.

A Forest Cataloged Commercial Observation Duquet notices woods by their market uses and asks which species can supply profit and trade. Knowledge for Extraction His observations increase business capacity without creating a commitment to sustain the source.

The Forester’s Measurements The Forester’s Measurements from "Barkskins". The Forester’s Measurements Timber Assessed Armenius and Dieter estimate board feet, species, and access, applying professional forestry knowledge to…

The Forester’s Measurements from "Barkskins". The Forester’s Measurements Timber Assessed Armenius and Dieter estimate board feet, species, and access, applying professional forestry knowledge to…

The Forester’s Measurements Timber Assessed Armenius and Dieter estimate board feet, species, and access, applying professional forestry knowledge to commercial land. A Wider View Dieter’s attention to soil and forest composition gradually exceeds the narrow calculations of timber volume.

Charley’s Notebooks Charley’s Notebooks from "Barkskins". Charley’s Notebooks Observation Accumulates Charley records unfamiliar tree species and ecological relations, accepting how little one person can learn.

Charley’s Notebooks from "Barkskins". Charley’s Notebooks Observation Accumulates Charley records unfamiliar tree species and ecological relations, accepting how little one person can learn.

Charley’s Notebooks Observation Accumulates Charley records unfamiliar tree species and ecological relations, accepting how little one person can learn. Knowledge Appropriated After his death, the company uses the notebooks to support extraction rather than protect the forests he studied.

Field Notes for Repair Field Notes for Repair from "Barkskins". Field Notes for Repair Shared Observation The restoration team records soils, species, seedlings, and the effects of planting over time.

Field Notes for Repair from "Barkskins". Field Notes for Repair Shared Observation The restoration team records soils, species, seedlings, and the effects of planting over time.

Field Notes for Repair Shared Observation The restoration team records soils, species, seedlings, and the effects of planting over time. Knowledge as Collective Work The project treats observation as provisional, shared, and necessary for repairing landscapes altered by previous generations.

René’s early years with Mari

During Duquet’s China trade period

During the Michigan land surveys

During Charley’s Amazonian studies

Near the conclusion