Had a fun conversation about Environmental Justice with colleagues and students at the University of South Carolina last month. Many thanks to the Student Body Vice President Hannah White for inviting us to the 1801 Live Podcast. 1801 Live, Episode 11: Environmental Justice and Sustainability Often, when we talk about sustainability, we may only think …
Indigenous peoples (every) day
Enjoying this beautiful interview with tribal leaders from coastal Louisiana about eco-colonialism, check it out: https://www.anthropocene-curriculum.org/contribution/resisting-the-oblivion-of-eco-colonialism RESISTING THE OBLIVION OF ECO-COLONIALISM A Conversation with Tribal Leaders from Louisiana’s Gulf Coast For over a century, extractive industries, practices, and policies have threatened human and non-human life throughout the Mississippi River Delta region. Recent state-driven delta governance …
Good Sediment: Race and Restoration in Coastal Louisiana
Happy to say that "Good sediment: Race and restoration in Coastal Louisiana" is finally out! It examines the relationship between racial histories and contemporary struggles over restoration along the lower Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. Special thanks to Harris Bienn at The Water Institute of the Gulf for making the accompanying map. Image: Mural honoring …
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Memory and Land Loss in South Louisiana
Very excited that this edited volume on space and gender put together by the fabulous Aimee Meredith Cox is finally out in the world! Extremely grateful to have been invited to contribute to the edited volume with many scholars I deeply respect and admire. I am also grateful to the inspiration and imagery lent to …
The New Cartographers
from Louisiana Cultural Vistas: http://www.knowlouisiana.org/the-new-cartographers The New Cartographers in Current Issue, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Winter 2017 Coastal communities in Plaquemines Parish plot the future with LA SAFE by Monica Barra photos by Zack Smith Poised over a table-top–sized map of lower Plaquemines Parish, Darilyn Turner led the June 2017 discussion at the community center in Davant, Louisiana. “Over the …
Monica Patrice Barra 