While politicians appeal to nuclear energy as a source of clean, “carbon-free” energy, communities who face the ongoing nightmare of toxic residue from uranium mining tell a different story. In Nabikei (Footprints), Shriprakash explores how uranium mining has altered community life for the sovereign Indigenous Acoma Pueblo, Laguna Pueblo and the Diné or Navajo Nation. Read More

Anthropocene Chemistry: Residual Media after Deepwater Horizon A talk by Melody Jue ​ This talk develops a theory of the “fluid cut” based on the materiality of surfactants used to disperse oil during the Deepwater Horizon spill. Whereas photography theory tends to think of the “cut” as the click of a camera shutter that slices […]Read More