ANT376H1 Lecture Notes - Bruce Peninsula National Park, Lighthouse Keeper, Ken Burns
Document Summary
Lighthouses are part of the historical heritage of the area. Community groups have taken over the lighthouses from the government and turned into a heritage site, with volunteers looking after it. Life slows down, mindscape changes, different rhythm to the day. Her husband almost got drowned, reminded her that it is not a place where humans were meant to be. Brown nose bats - disease: white nose disease - white fungus form on membrane of bats, and wakes them up in the middle of the night and they are starved to death. Part of conservation project to save these bats. Conservation of animals are more ethical than humans (government put more importance in animals) This wilderness area is a contested ecology, contested ideology. Allows us to begin to develop critical frameworks. Bruce peninsula national park / cabot head nature reserve.
