POLITICAL ECOLOGY AS PRACTICE:
A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE ANTHROPOCENE
A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE ANTHROPOCENE
Our design team was asked to create a publication in conjuncture with several professors in Anthropology and Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, focusing on a longitudinal, interdisciplinary climate change project. The Anthropocene, our new geological epoch of large-scale human impact on the planet, is making us aware of the limitations of traditional research tools and disciplinary divisions. Developing seven different site-specific projects in seven regions of the world, the project proposes alternative methodologies to address climate change and the ecological crisis. Our design team divided into groups, each focusing on a different site, and collaborated with researchers and artists to collect materials and develop perspectives, each producing a publication based on each geological site.
CHICAGO COMMUNITY GARDENS
Grace Spee, Sarah Kuether, Anya Mitchell
Grace Spee, Sarah Kuether, Anya Mitchell
Photos by Paul Bick