Tracing Landslides by Motorcycle
Riding the Western Ghats on motorcycle, Mohammed Labeeb reads the terrain with his body. His landslide research probes knowledge production, methodology, and proximity in a shifting terrain.
Tagged: Landscape
What Time is the Nomad?
Natasha Maru engages with the pastoralist temporalities as experienced by Rabari nomads in Kachchh, India. This narrative ethnographic account highlights the changing rhythms of pastoral lifestyles with shifts in the political economy of the region.
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.
Death, Leisure, and “Feeling Alive”: A Conversation with Adam Kaul
What does death denial say about American culture? How can dying be dignified and humanized? Bri Meyer interviews Adam Kaul about his anthropological research on death and dying and its intersections with leisure and tourism.
Uprooting a Renter’s Garden
Gardening while in graduate school and on the academic job market means preparing to uproot, leaving a renter’s garden and broken promises behind.
Weaving Diné Design from the Desert Landscape
A Diné (Navajo) artist finds inspiration in the Dinétah landscape of New Mexico where she grew up. Her artwork brings the language of Diné weaving to the fine art world.
From Herders to Hikers, the Shifting Lives of Scottish Bothies
Camping in a highland hut called a bothy, once home to Scottish hill farmers, a photographer finds kinship amidst wild space.
Sounding Calls
The forgotten soundscapes of the Old Mississippi River.
Listening to the Anthropocene: John Luther Adams’s Become Ocean
A meditation on an orchestral work that evokes our era of environmental change.
Borderlands: Between Places and Landscapes
A poetic reflection on place, landscape, and our physical and mental journeys through them.
