Outlaw Zones – RRR2 Roa Resource Research

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In 1966, Stewart Brand described an Outlaw Zone as“a geographical place where anything goes”.

Earth and humanity will increasingly face destructionin the next few decades. Destruction that iscaused by the withdrawal and arrival of certainenvironmental conditions. During times of collapse,it is worth questioning the legitimacy of legalclauses tailored to what we understand as stablecircumstances.
In 1907 the Swiss Civil Code was passed, stating:There is no private ownership of rocks, glaciers, or debris piles. The Rhône Glacier is the only glacier worldwide that has been in private ownership for decades. At the time when the Civil Code was formulated, the owners of the Rhône Glacier started to dispute their ownership rights and went to the FederalCourt. Consequently, they obtained confirmation that their private property and the right for the cultural use of the glacier would remain legal. A radical exception in the law, justified by the historical use of the parcels of land. The glacier can be regarded as an Outlaw territory.

Bleached to White portrays the Rhône glacier as a stealthy and resigned creature. A manifestation of slow collapse, leaving us with a distorted sense of calm in a world that is bound for fast destruction. It doesn‘t care about leaving. Above all, from a purely physical standpoint, nothing is changing – the atomic density ofair hardly differs from that of a rock. Reasonable signs indicate that the leaving ceremony has already started.But who will take care of the land once the glacier is gone? Will there be a legislative exception within the exception? The geological reality demands a cultural shift, not the other way around.
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