Category: Interviews
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Saharanism and the Myth of the Empty Desert: Five Questions for Brahim El Guabli
in InterviewsWhat happens when we imagine the desert as empty? Gustavo Sanchez-Bachman talks with Brahim El Guabli about his book Desert Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and Its Radical Consequences. Their conversation explores “Saharanism” and the people and ecologies obscured by dominant desert imaginaries.
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Thinking with Maíz: A Conversation with Vick Quezada and Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra
Artist Vick Quezada and evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra both center maíz in their work despite their very different approaches. Together with M. Hamilton Wilson, these scholars explore the co-evolution of humans and maiz (corn), through the lens of cultural history, art and performance, science, and language.
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The Art of Arctic Plants: A Conversation with Zachari Logan
Zachari Logan has built a career on drawing plants. In this interview, Isabelle Gapp talks with him about his residency at Kinngait Studios, where carpets of plants “erupt” across the tundra.
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Taxidermy as EcoGothic Horror: Five Questions for Christy Tidwell
in InterviewsChristy Tidwell traces the history of taxidermy, its connections to the Gothic horror genre in pop culture, and its spooky connotations.
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Penguins, Puffins, and the Science of Seabird Scat
Erin Hassett speaks with Dr. Gemma Clucas, a researcher at Cornell University who analyzes the poop of penguins and other seabirds to reveal deteriorating ocean health and changing fish population ecology. Dr. Clucas and fellow researchers travel to remote locations to collect the poop from common terns, penguins, puffins, and other seabirds.
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Edge Effects, One Million Views Later
in InterviewsPast and present managing editors of Edge Effects reflect on the magazine’s history and celebrate how far it has come since launching in 2014.
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Counting Cranes
in InterviewsOn the heels of the spring crane migration northward and the Annual Midwest Crane Count, Paul Robbins shares why these birds are such an important part of conservation history in Wisconsin and the U.S.
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Why Are Anti-Vaxxers Obsessed With the “Natural”?
in InterviewsIn this written correspondence, emery jenson talks to Dr. Traci Brynne Voyles about how ableist and racist thinking along with a narrow conception of “environmentalism” have propped up the anti-vaccination movement.
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Gentrification is Coming for the Internet
in InterviewsBig Tech is gentrifying not only urban spaces but digital ones, too. Communications professor Jessa Lingel explains how.
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Framing Asian Suffering in an Anti-Black World: A Conversation with Claire Jean Kim
Political science scholar Claire Jean Kim outlines how COVID-19 came to be racialized and discusses the implications of foregrounding anti-Asian harassment and violence in an anti-Black society.