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So! The article talks about a making the environment a "character" that we as people interact with. It also used the example of the tribe of West Papua. According to the author's observations the hunter of this tribe sing songs of thanksgiving to nature: "of thanks; of belonging." the author points out that this isn't an experience that "we" can relate to because we either try to destroy nature or preserve it. There is one element that he has yet to discover about our way of interacting with nature and that is the concept of nature taking back that land humans have abandoned (nature is everywhere) and the opportunity humans have to appreciate nature as-is. In what ways would this concept change this article's argument?