on May 15, 2020
Extreme Landscapes of the Anthropocene: Final Student Essays
Anthropocene . Personal ReflectionsAnthropologist Anna Tsing writes that as “sites for more-than-human dramas, landscapes are radical tools for decentering human hubris. Landscapes are not backdrops for historical action: they are themselves active.” As active spaces, engaging with landscapes takes active observation, and a willingness to look beyond the self-as-observer, perhaps through additional research about the history and ecology of
on May 15, 2020
Exploring With Turkeys: An Illustrated Story
Anthropocene . Collaboration . Ecology . For Kids, Teachers, and Parents . Resilience . Tales of ProgressThis post corresponds with an essay entitled: “Stories in, of, and for the Anthropocene: Exploring with Turkeys“ For a short essay on why I went exploring with turkeys click here: http://anthropocene.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/uncategorized/stories-in-of-and-for-the-anthropocene-why-explore-with-turkeys/
Students from the open but fiercely inward-focused Wesleyan University would benefit from talking to people in the local Middletown community. Wesleyan is where woke kids go to get points for their hot takes. When the afro-indigenous girl in your indigenous literature class makes a succinct, venerable comment, now you can raise your hand and respond
on May 4, 2020
Refusing to Produce During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anthropocene . Capitalism . COVID19 . Op-EdsAn interesting graphical depiction for the word change is that, when it occurs in our lives, change forces us to leave our state of inertia in the past, altering the general direction of our future. But extreme changes, such as those caused by COVID-19, are different. This epidemic, like other uncontrollable disasters, forces humans to
