Little River Research & Design
The models produced by Little River Research & Design convey an acutely material consciousness of the relentless processes of change that shape the Mississippi River. (...)
#3 Perils of Privatization in NOLA
Jared Richardson and Dr. Justin Hosbey grapple with neoliberalism’s effects on Black communities within New Orleans. Listen to episode 3 now! (...)
#4 Black Ecologies: Historicization & Futures
On the spatial politics of plantation economies and the connection between faith and environmentalism. Episode 4 available now! (...)
#1 By Land & By Sea: A Journey Through the Mississippi Delta
Abbéy Odunlami and Jared Richardson introduce their individual research projects and discuss Field Station 5’s broader themes. Episode 1 available now! (...)
#2 Troubling Ecology: Black Feminist Interventions in Environmentalism
Talk with Dr. Chelsea Frazier about the importance of Black feminism’s political and artistic engagements with environmentalism. Episode 2 available now! (...)
Edible Matters along the Mississippi
How the “edible matter” of food as a leading agent in landscape change along the Mississippi River. (...)
Speculative Life, Montreal 2017
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In Situ Anthropocene
What can the Mississippi River Valley teach us about how to read the planetary shifts of the Anthropocene through its local waterways and landscapes? (...)
How the Technosphere Can Make the Earth More Active
Could it be said that with the development of the technosphere, the Earth is currently undergoing a shift to a state of greater activity? (...)
In the Sphere of Chemical Technology
Historian of industrial chemistry Benjamin Steiniger describes the technological metabolism that is forging a connection between fossil materiality and humankind. (...)
Sitopia: The Power of Thinking Through Food
Architect and food thinker Carolyn Steel provides a powerful prompt for us to move beyond the perils of the modern industrial food complex. (...)
The Growth and Differentiation of Metabolism: Extended Evolutionary Dynamics in the Technosphere
By going through the transitions in cell evolution and energy regimes, evolutionary biologist Manfred Laubichler explains the dynamics behind the formation of the metabolic activity and complexity of our planet. (...)
Castes of Environment: Dalit & Green Politics
Award-winning journalist Mukul Sharma underlines the relationship between caste and nature in the context of Indian environmental politics. (...)
Love Pill: Oxytocin or Emotional Labor?
Is there a chemical shortcut for producing social change? (...)
Anthropocene Campus Melbourne 2018
At the Anthropocene Campus Melbourne (ACM18), participants engaged in a range of lectures, field trips, and workshops in Melbourne and the wider area exploring the theme of “the Elemental”. (...)
Couture Cosmetique
By rejecting the normative concepts we project onto technology, Terre Thaemlitz points toward what other visions of the human might be freed up in the process. (...)
Pockets: Reflections on the Anthropocene Campus Melbourne
How can we perceive the Anthropocene? A contemplation on the ACM’s explorations through the lens of “atmospheric attunements.” (...)
Ecospheres: Model and Laboratory for Earth's Environment
Historian of science Sabine Höhler explores the technoscientific motives and consequences of experimenting with self-contained ecospheres. (...)