Art in Conversation with Climate Change: Anthropological Reflections

Ethnography and art can be forms of storytelling. Both can surface hidden patterns, invisible undercurrents, and fraught dimensions of life, revealing uncomfortable truths and subjugated knowledges. How does ethnography speak

Catherine Besteman, Francis F. and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology, Mannon Frykholm '22, Caroline Stoddard '20, Kevin Argueta '21, Emilie Pilchowski '22, and Siobhan Pascal '20

Below the Surface: Maya Lin and “Becoming-With” Nature

This essay is adapted from an assignment in the Colby College course Environmental Humanities: Stories of Crisis and Resilience, taught by Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities Christopher Walker.  Maya Lin’s Interrupted River: Penobscot

Grace Oh-Willeke '20