Currently I’m reading Nina Burton’s ‘Livets tunna väggar’ which translate to something like Walls of Life. It’s a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother’s summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.
It’s a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.
What are you reading?
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr. It’s a breakdown of the imperialistic history of the US that, as a student in the States, you never really heard a lot about. It covers the displacement of the Native Americans, guano islands, the colonization of Puerto Rico and the Philippines, post-WWII military bases, the English language, and stop signs.