Tag: Climate
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Bad Bunny’s Botanical, Eco-Rasquache Aesthetic
in EssaysFrom sugarcane plantations to broken electricity poles, Bad Bunny presents and protests the historical and lived realities of Puerto Rico. Isaac Salazar argues that his aesthetic is a form of eco-rasquache and a celebration of collective survival under precarity.
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La emergencia climática a través imaginarios multidimensional de Flatland
in EssaysLa novela decimonónica Flatland, de Edwin A. Abbott, suele describirse como una obra de ciencia ficción (o ficción matemática). Valeria Zambianchi sostiene que también puede leerse como ficción climática, en la medida en que muestra que las posibilidades para enfrentar la crisis climática ya están presentes en nuestro mundo.
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The Carceral Ecology of Alligator Alcatraz
in EssaysAligator 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.
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The Colonial Politics of Arctic Landscapes: A Conversation with Jen Rose Smith
in PodcastsJen 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.
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Navegando el Eco-Duelo con Prácticas Ancestrales del Duelo
in EssaysEl 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.
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El Asunto del Tiempo
in EssaysMonika Szuba enfrenta el tiempo profundo a través del examen de la descomposición, entre lo que es real y lo que es sintético. En este contexto, escribe que la longue durée no es lo suficientemente larga para concebir el cambio antropogénico que se despliega a nuestro alrededor.
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Play Nature in These Six (More) Board Games
in ChecklistsNate Carlin is back to review six (more) nature-themed board games: the worlds they construct and the ecological stories they tell.
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Capturing Precarity & Plenty in California’s Central Valley
in ExhibitsThrough this photo exhibit, Steven Haring represents the instabilities of agriculture amid climate uncertainties, as human imposed systems seeking to enhance agricultural productivity test the limits of fluctuating natural systems.
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What Lichens Teach Us About the Air We Breathe
in EssaysWhat can we learn from lichens about the air we breathe? Lucy Sabin shares her creative research on sensing atmospheres with lichens as proxies.
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Navigating Eco-Grief with Ancestral Grieving Practices
in EssaysEco-grief can feel isolating, but Christina Guevara and Rae Jing Han draw on Filipino and Chinese ancestral practices to develop collective grieving practices.