Tag: Landscapes
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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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When Aboriginal Burning Practices Meet Colonial Legacies in Australia
in EssaysAboriginal burning regimes have become popular as a solution to prevent catastrophic wildfires in Australia. Mardi Reardon-Smith argues that Aboriginal peoples’ fire knowledge is not static, as contemporary burning results from both colonial histories and the intercultural co-creation of environmental knowledges.
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Wilderness Has a Purity Problem
in EssaysWhat does it mean for a landscape to be pristine? Ande Peersen reflects on her love of the outdoors and her work for the U.S. Forest Service to interrogate the nature–culture divide.
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Visualizing the Volcanic Caribbean
Weaving a reflective essay with a virtual gallery, artist Kwynn Johnson draws upon the rich history of volcano-inspired art to creatively reimagine the twenty-first-century Caribbean landscape.
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Eating with Relatives in the Fort Peck Reservation
in FieldnotesEuropean colonization dramatically altered the Montana landscape. Becca Dower, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, shows how two community agriculture projects are restoring native ecologies and Indigenous food sovereignty.
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A Park Service for Both Bison and Bombs
in EssaysThe centennial of the National Park Service offers a chance to reassess how we view natural and cultural landscapes.