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The project mushroomjam.cargo.site was launched on 13 June 2023. The form of the project is intended to be flexible, interactive, and co-constituted. Content will grow and adapt alongside the human and more-than-human organisms engaged in the project. Each visit to the site may be different.   

This particular page is dedicated to questions, histories, and materials related to the site Stauffer Library, Queen’s University and to libraries / archival methodolgies / organizational systems more generally.






“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.325. Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.326 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.327 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.328 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.329 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.330 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.331 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.332 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.333 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.334 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.335 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.336 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.337 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.338 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.339 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.340 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.
“A Symbiotic View of Life: We Have Never been Individuals,” The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 87, No. 4, December 2012, p.341 Scott F. Gilbert, Jan Sapp, and Alfred Tauber.



Currently reading:

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Fantasies of the Library, edited by Anna-Sophie Springer & Etienne Turpin

Emergent Strategies: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, by adrienne maree brown

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet, edited by Anna Tsing, Heather Swanson, Elaine Gan, Nils Budandt

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene, by Donna J. Haraway


Labyrinths: Selected Storieds & Other Writings, by Jorge Luis Borges

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections, by Walter Benjamin







“Melancholies of the Paginated Mind:The Library as Curatorial Space,” Fantasies of the Library, Anna Sophie-Springer, 2016. P.5.
“Melancholies of the Paginated Mind:The Library as Curatorial Space,” Fantasies of the Library, Anna Sophie-Springer, 2016. P.7.
“Melancholies of the Paginated Mind:The Library as Curatorial Space,” Fantasies of the Library, Anna Sophie-Springer, 2016. P.9.
“Melancholies of the Paginated Mind:The Library as Curatorial Space,” Fantasies of the Library, Anna Sophie-Springer, 2016. P.11.
“Melancholies of the Paginated Mind:The Library as Curatorial Space,” Fantasies of the Library, Anna Sophie-Springer, 2016. P.13.








Metabolizing the stone and concrete walls of Stauffer Library are a large variety of crustose, foliose and fruticose lichen. These species overlap, entangle and make space for each other.

What might they teach us about reciprocity and exchange? How can we coexist symbiotically with each other, more-than-human organisms, and our institutions? What can we learn about respecting boundaries?





It's easy to focus only on  the larger, brighter foliose lichen, but if you slow down and adjust your gaze, you will begin to notice all of the small crustose lichen in the margins.

What are the advantages of taking up less space? Of embracing the margins?





At first glance, one might not notice the grey lichen which blend easily into the colour and texture of the stone they metabolize.

What are the advantages to "operating under the radar"? How might we operate from both within and outside of the institution?









Lichen has a tendency to occupy the cracks, corners and margins of spaces/structures. 

How might these overlooked areas be reconsidered as fruitful ground for gathering?