Teemingness -

Recent scholarship in "multispecies ethnography" uses teemingness to describe hidden worlds that are often ignored until they are disrupted.

This paper argues for a transition in ecological discourse from "abundance"—a quantitative measure of resources—to "teemingness," a qualitative recognition of the active, interdependent swarming of life. By examining the "teemingness" of the virosphere and soil ecosystems, we can decenter human agency and recognize the complex "bioinfrastructure" that sustains planetary life. 1. Defining Teemingness: Beyond Abundance teemingness

Teemingness provides a vital conceptual tool for the Anthropocene. By shifting our focus from the "abundance" of resources to the "teemingness" of active, swarming life, we can move toward a more inclusive and ecologically grounded version of human existence—one that acknowledges our existence as "unique moist packages of animated soil". : Rooted in the Old English teman (to

: Rooted in the Old English teman (to give birth), teemingness was originally associated with fertility and pregnancy. teemingness