Inheritance 2.0
A guided meditation that invites us to journey deep into the earth and back in time. (...)
Notes for Listening
Whatever moment the river might invite us to, it is a thick moment, a moment in motion. Audio piece and notes to the listener. (...)
The Current: Mississippi. An Anthropocene River
The installation The Current presented field studies by artists, scholars, and activists who were involved in the AC project Mississippi. An Anthropocene River. (...)
Social Witnessing
Two case studies focus on two very different landscapes, and attempt to account for the changing relationships that make them over time. (...)
A River Indicts
If a corporation can have rights, then why not the Mississippi River? (...)
Measuring Loss
In response to the complicated entanglements of property claims in the Mississippi Delta, Sarah Lewison advocates for witnessing injustice as a way of preparing for repair. (...)
The Anthropogenic Influence on Air Quality along the Mississippi River: Findings
Findings of a project considering anthropogenic impact upon air quality along the Mississippi River, exploring shifts in pollution concentration patterns. (...)
The Dark Green in the Anthropocene: Industrial agriculture and plant blindness along the Mississippi
Seen from above, the banks of the Mississippi appear to be flanked by rich expanses of plant life. Yet this verdant appearance is deceptive as this essay on the “dark green” explores. (...)
Understanding Social and Ecological Impacts of the Horse in the Greater Mississippi
The initiators of the Horses, Donkeys, and the Anthropocene in the Greater Mississippi project provide an update on their findings. (...)
The Interpretive Garden at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
A project output by Postnatural Landscapes Project with an animation. (...)
Edible Matters along the Mississippi
How the “edible matter” of food as a leading agent in landscape change along the Mississippi River. (...)
Inheritance
A multimedia artwork that uncovers the sublime beauty of fossilized forests. (...)
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? (...)
Air-Quality Influences from the Anthropogenic Activities along the Mississippi River
A research project on the anthropogenic influence on pollution concentration and air quality of the Mississippi River region. (...)
The Early Rise of North America's Dominant Crop
How have early agricultural practices shaped and altered the environment of the Mississippi? This research project turns to the cultivation of maize to tackle this question. (...)
Eating the Anthropocene
How can we encounter ourselves in the Anthropocene? A study in the deconstruction of cows and an introduction to “The Lost Crops of America” project. (...)
Significant and Insignificant Mounds: Presentation
What can the mounds of North America—from temples to landfills—tell us about the history of settlement and the anthropogenic condition we inhabit today? (...)
Understanding the North American Lost Crops
Which kind of ancient crops were cultivated by prehistoric civilizations in eastern North America? Archaeologist Natalie Mueller pursues this question in her research on “lost crops” (...)
Suspended Solids
A chromatic record of the intimate relationship between the Mississippi River and its surrounding soils. (...)
A Field Diary of the Upper Mississippi, 2019
What modes of collecting, representing, and knowing are appropriate to meet the conceptual and practical challenges of the Anthropocene? Which narrative forms and styles can help us to document states of flux and transformation, across multiple scales of space and time? (...)