1. Draw a CARD

Each group draws one card from the Sensory Channels Deck of Cards, e.g., infrasound, UV polarisation, hygroreception.

This card represents a sensory channel that is at risk, or already vanishing, in one or more non-human species.

2. Sensory micro-research

Briefly investigate:

• How does this sense work?

• Which species rely on it?

• What ecological, technological, or anthropogenic factors enable or endanger it?

Be attentive to pressures such as chemical pollutants, noise, habitat loss, or electromagnetic interference. Focus on the sensory and environmental dimension of its erosion.

3. Define the extinction event

Speculate together:

• What triggered the disappearance of this sensory channel?

• Was it a sudden collapse or a slow erosion?

• Did other species notice the change? How?

• Were there alerts, rituals, or attempts to record what was being lost?

Prompt: Did the world dim, grow silent, or simply shift beyond recognition?

4. Write the chronicle

Compose a collective fictional testimony from the point of view of the affected species or its ecological network.

Choose a narrative form:

• A letter to future generations

• A fragmented memory archive

• A lamentation song for a forgotten sense

• A sacred myth recounting the moment the world “went dark”

Guidelines:

• Avoid generic human metaphors (“see,” “hear”)

• Use imagery tied to the lost channel (magnetic lines, thermal gradients, chemical trails)

• Prioritise situated, ecological, and sensory-rich language

5. Shared reading and reflection

In small groups, share the texts aloud and discuss:

• What kind of knowledge vanished with this sensory extinction?

• Can fiction preserve a form of perception that is no longer accessible?

• What does mourning mean in more-than-human terms?