Excavating the Private Sphere
A photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.
Category: Exhibits
Beautiful Resilience: Conversations after an Earthquake
A storyteller’s account of Manabu Ikeda’s pen-and-ink commemoration of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in 2011.
At the Confluence of Art and Science
Ecologists and artists work together to give voice to Wisconsin waterways while a social scientist observes their collaboration.
Snapshots of the Mississippi
Members of the Edge Effects editorial board share a selection of photos from CHE’s recent Place-Based Workshop on the Mississippi River.
Learning Cartography; or, a Gallery of Awesome Maps
Exploring family farms, racial inequality, sea monsters, and much more, student mapmakers gain new understandings of place.
The Missile
A sonnet about an unexpected winter visitor.
Stories of Champions
A poem for Champion the turkey, who escaped the Thanksgiving table.
Stopping by Working Woods on a Snowy Evening
A take on Robert Frost’s famous poem, adapted to reflect changes in Wisconsin forest ownership and conservation.
One-Thirty to Three AM on a Train Through Eastern Ohio
A poem authored after many hours, spent alone, on a train.
Everyday Paths of Water in the City
How do people encounter water every day in São Paulo, and how can those encounters suggest opportunities for dealing with water’s scarcity?
