Thursday, 2 Jul 2020
The Past Shall not Begin 鈥 Frozen Seeds, Extended Presents, and the Politics of Reversibility
聽 In 2008, the first global seed bank鈥攖he Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV)鈥攚ent into operation. Even before its opening, the SGSV had already attracted media attention and provoked all kinds of theological and eschatological parables. The SGSV quickly received the nickname 鈥楧oomsday Vault鈥 while some commentators spoke of a 鈥楴oah’s ...