Upper Delta Field Station: Commodity Exploitation
Field Station 5 looks at the Upper Delta region—stretching from Memphis, Tennessee, all the way to New Orleans, Louisiana— which has been shaped intensively by environmental forces, the dynamics of
Field Station 5 looks at the Upper Delta region—stretching from Memphis, Tennessee, all the way to New Orleans, Louisiana— which has been shaped intensively by environmental forces, the dynamics of
This essay from Edge Effects examines the plantation as transformational in the history of organizing life, land and labor.
This article, from the Historical Society of St. Charles Parish in Louisiana, examines the transformation of the landscape in that region from plantations to industrial complexes.
Antioch Church Children of Whitney Plantation Museum.
This essay by Katherine McKittrick explores plantation geographies.
A video from The Atlantic explaining the history and mission of the Whitney Plantation Museum
This Guardian article by Jamiles Lartey explores the history pervasive racial and environmental inequality in Saint John the Baptist parish, from slavery to the modern day.
Interview with John Kim about the Minneapolis/ Wisconsin Field Station. Part of Mississippi. An Anthropocene River project
Photo by Ryan Griffis