This is a cosmopolitical, layered, and interconnected report. Here, time is not designed with a linear context; it’s connected and continued between the past and the future. Using “Oysters” as the keystone species, this report delves into the various aspects of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s wildlife, history, and shared imaginaries. Over centuries, we discover a series of connected networks between various actors such as the Lenape, the Colonial invasions, and, intriguingly, the built history of New York itself, known back then as the Big Oyster.
The report concludes with the exploration of the instrumentalization of oysters and the shared imaginaries of the future.
