An Accumulation of Things That Refuse to be Discarded
Toxic University, NYC
PECE essay for characterizing Columbia University as a "Toxic Place" (for the Center for Ethnography's 2020 Design Project).
WORKSHOP: DR. KIM FORTUN, TIM SCHÜTZ & PRERNA SRIGYAN
The Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography (PECE, pronounced "peace") is an open source digital platform that supports multi-sited, cross-scale ethnographic and historical research.
Archive Toxics
Essay for conceptualizing the archive as a "toxic place" (Center for Ethnography's Visualizing Toxic Places 2020)
The Lake Effect: Michigan's Sedimentary Layers
The Pure Michigan campaign, founded in 2008, capitalizes on the state's natural wonders--miles and miles of freshwater coastlines, magnificent dunes, natural falls--to push forth a narrative of Michigan as pure, pristine, and enchanted. Thinking of my home, this narrative holds true in many ways. It's the Michigan I want to remember, but I know it's much more complex, messy, and variegated.
Michigan's Sedimentary Layers: Toxics and/in Swing Places
PECE essay for better understanding the variegated toxicities in the political "swing" state of Michigan (for the Center for Ethnography's 2020 Visualizing Toxic Places Design Project).
