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Project: Bunun Trailmaking

The difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective

abuscheng

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Different perspectives on the map are important

What do you think is the biggest difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective?

Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish

A digital collection of material for field activities with LEAN and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish.

What have you learned about anthropocenics in this place?

AllanaRoss

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QUOTIDIAN ANTHROPOCENES: NEW ORLEANS

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What have you learned about anthropocenics in this place?

My interests center around soil--its preservation, regeneration, and remediation. Living farther up North on the Mississippi in Saint Louis has changed my thinking around the relationships between soil, water, and contamination. Saint Louis and New Orleans are linked not just through their shared river and its attendant water management issues, but through patterns of extraction and contamination. New Orleans may also provide some clues (and potential solutions) to my community's changing relationship with water as we confront climate change. My work as an artist explores our relationship with landscape through tours of contaminated sites and remediative interventions in the landscape, so I approach New Orleans with questions about contaminated environments and water management through landscape design, gardening, and education.

West Lake Landfill

AllanaRoss

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Land Use Scales and Systems Questions

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DATA: How & what kind of data is being produced, visualized, inscribed, authorized, disseminated, and mobilized to shape future land use? What data infrastructures have been developed, are being developed, or are perceived as necessary for land managment?

Most of the citizen-produced data is discounted by officials. There is little authorized data, though data has been collected and can be found with some effort. Dissemination of information is on a grassroots level. PRPs have been engaged in misinformation campaigns as well, creating organizations with misleading names who advertise on the radio and distribute flyers.