The Carceral Ecology of Alligator Alcatraz
Aligator Alcatraz is both a continuation of the past and a harbinger of a dark future. Alexandra White explores the history of carceral ecology from plantations to this modern detention center and argues that in this era of climate collapse, land becomes a natural prison …
Legados de las plantaciones
El Antropoceno da nombre al cambio ambiental provocado por la acción humana. El Plantacionoceno sitúa el colonialismo, el capitalismo y las jerarquías raciales persistentes en el centro de la conversación y se pregunta qué modos de resistencia, pasados y futuros, podrían surgir …
The Colonial Politics of Arctic Landscapes: A Conversation with Jen Rose Smith
Jen Rose Smith speaks with Hi’ilei Julia Hobart about her new book, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic. They discuss the racial and colonial politics of the arctic and the political stakes of writing about Alaska as an Eyak scholar …
Navegando el Eco-Duelo con Prácticas Ancestrales del Duelo
El eco-duelo puede sentirse aislante, pero Christina Guevara y Rae Jing Han se inspiran en prácticas ancestrales filipinas y chinas para desarrollar formas colectivas de duelo …
Unearthing Buried History with REMOTE VIEWING & Land Art
Katherine Gregory explores how Cauleen Smith’s short film REMOTE VIEWING (2011) excavates buried histories of racial violence and challenges audiences to rethink who has the right to shape the land …
Solarpunk Narrates Futures Beyond Climate Despair
Laleh Ahmad argues that the solarpunk genre offers imaginable, realistic green futures based on renewable energy and communal self-reliance, rooted in justice and care …
Navigating Eco-Grief with Ancestral Grieving Practices
Eco-grief can feel isolating, but Christina Guevara and Rae Jing Han draw on Filipino and Chinese ancestral practices to develop collective grieving practices …
How Indigenous Artist George Morrison Resists Ecological and Cultural Extraction
Indigenous modernist George Morrison’s works were once considered “not Indian enough” but were later curated as minoritized art. Matt Hooley explores how and why the radical meanings of Morrison’s art are obscured or misunderstood by cultural institutions …
Imagining National Belonging in American Landscapes
Tomiko Jones embarks on a photographic project exploring deregulated public lands and questioning constructions of national belonging …
Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston
Elijah Levine speaks with Celeste Winston about marronage as a placemaking practice. By drawing on connections across time, the conversation reveals how Black folks in the United States build lasting infrastructures to disrupt power structures …
Faculty Favorites: Ecologies & Politics of Borders
Edge Effects invites scholars from different disciplines to introduce texts on the complexities of borders. This list also includes ideas on how to frame and teach the topic of borders in the classroom …
Faculty Favorites: What to Read (and Watch) on Race & Place
Edge Effects invited scholars from a range of fields to share with us environmental books and texts on the topic of “Race and Place” that they are most excited to teach in the new academic year …
