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Moving Landscapes and their Entangled Ecologies

Lecture with Andrew Yang
Mon, 05/01/2023 - 4:00pm

Landscapes move us, and we incessantly move them to satisfy our aims and imaginations. As soils, species, and structures are displaced and replaced, the transformation of landscape is marked by ecological rupture. This talk will trace naturalcultural entanglements that span bird migration, light pollution, invasive carp, smog-tolerant petunias, and tsunami architecture through the lens of aesthetics in its expanded sense. As earth is reconfigured, so too are human and more-than-human perceptions of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The JSMA is closed on Mondays but guests may enter through the front door.