Exquisite Gestures: Meditation / Labor
A three-channel video art installation meditates on how everyday gestures, and the labor they perform, become exquisite.
Narayan Mahon’s “Lands in Limbo”
Narayan Mahon’s photography explores the individual, local challenges of unrecognized statehood.
Edgy Stuff: February 2015 Recommendations
February 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Resilience after Catastrophe? Five Reflections on “Apocalypse Then”
How do humans cope with disaster? Can ecologies recover after catastrophe? Five reflections on resilience in the aftermath of the Vietnam Wars.
Knowledge in Translation: Speaking Across Disciplines at the CHE Graduate Student Symposium
Students, faculty, and associates from the CHE community and beyond gathered on February 4th, 2015 for the eighth annual Graduate Student Symposium.
Look to the Land: Visualizing Change in Agriculture
Recent trends in data visualization suggest powerful new ways of exploring environmental change over time.
“It’s Only Whites Who Go There”: On Safari in Uganda
A safari trip inspires wonder at both what is found in a game park and who is not.
Borderlands: Between Places and Landscapes
A poetic reflection on place, landscape, and our physical and mental journeys through them.
An Eye for Winter: In Praise of Local Beauty
What is there to love about winter in a frigid place like Wisconsin? Lots, if you’re willing to look.
Whatever. . . Never Mind, or Old Torvald Skaalen Died on Saturday
A story at the intersection of truth, lies, memory, and imagination set in the Norwegian-American cultural landscape of Stoughton, Wisconsin.