Film screening: ONE TABLE TWO ELEPHANTS: A FILM ABOUT WAYS OF KNOWING URBAN NATURE by Jacob von Heland and Henrik Ernstson.
The film takes an interest in how different groups create knowledge about urban nature, thereby shaping the future of the city, its ecology, and its meaning to the people of the city. The story follows neighbourhood grassroots in Cape Town and how they relate to nature, and how history and legacies of apartheid is bound up with values and meanings of nature. It also follows municipal ecologists and the knowledge practices they have developed to protect ecological functions and the biodiversity at the city-scale. By describing the work of these different groups, and the city from their perspective, we want to surface how different values and knowledge of urban nature is articulated and become part of public debate. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.situatedecologies.net/archives/portfolio/ways-of-knowing-the-film