jon l pitt
jonlpitt.bsky.social
jon l pitt
@jonlpitt.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Japanese Environmental Humanities at UC Irvine. Plants, music, lit/film. Download my book for free: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780950/botanical-imagination/
Commence second conference within two weeks!
June 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Seeing the Milky Way from southern Tasmania helps put things in perspective.
June 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Lovely day at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It was a fun challenge making a poster!
June 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Let’s see what a conservation biology conference is like! How long before I’m outed as a humanities professor?
June 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Beautiful art up around the Brisbane Convention Center
June 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Excited to read this!
June 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Beautiful view flying into Brisbane.
June 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Listen to me talk about my new book (which is open access via @cornellupress.bsky.social) on the wonderful @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Stunning and vital talk by McKenzie Wark yesterday.
May 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wonderful keynote talk by @rgrusin.bsky.social at the Network Ecologies Reimagined conference today at UCI.
May 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Enjoying this three cassette volume work of plant generated music by Nico Georis, released via @leavingrecords.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Jenny Hval is brilliant. Love this flexidisc with its rumination on streaming music, surveillance, and militarism in tech.
May 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
May 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Joshua Tree weekend.
May 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
May 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Love this book design on Kyōdō Ken’s 1992 book on magic mushrooms. Credited to Araki Yōko.
May 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM