Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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Searching For Climate Justice

By Sean McLernon Global warming is terrifying for many people under the age of 30, and, as someone in that cohort who hopes to make it to old age, I’m a bit worried myself. Working as an environmental news reporter reminds me daily of the bleak long-term outlook. There’s no quick...

The Radical Mediation of Life in the Anthropocene

By Richard Grusin October 22, 2013: What does it feel like to live in the anthropocene?  My experience in reading three stories on facing pages of this morning's New York Times speaks directly to this question, as well as to what I have for the past couple of years been...

Space-making in the Humanities: Looking Behind the Mona Lisa

By Zach Finch In Frieda Knobloch’s recent C21 lecture, she discussed methods that would allow us to conceptualize and create new spaces in order to approach the discourse of climate change and the environment.  Her work attempts to break down binaries between human and environment (i.e. humans wrecked environment therefore...

Desert Nativity: A Reflection on Frieda Knobloch’s Visit

By Molly McCourt Frieda Knobloch’s work exceeds disciplinary boundaries.  She is at once the botanist who retraced the steps of Aven Nelson, the creative writer who is exploring the Red Desert through a gruff character named Ed Ray, or the environmentalist who strongly senses the urgency of addressing global climate...

Lonely No More!

When the Walls Talked

By Laya Liebeseller Talking Walls marked the beginning of something new at C21. It was the first of what would become a series of gallery...

Lonely No More! in the Archive

By Eli Frank I began this summer’s Archive Fellowship ruminating on the historical intimacies between C21’s institutional history and my own research project. Both C21...

6.5 Minutes With… Keramet Reiter

Professor Keramet Reiter gives some detail about the consequences of solitary confinement, and begins to frame a longer discussion for thinking about changes in...

Robot Dogs Can Help Seniors Cope…

Author Sassafras Lowery Description In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors--one of the most vulnerable populations to the illness--are more isolated than ever before. Ageless Innovation,...

Decolonizing Extinction

Author Juno Salazar Parreñas Description In Decolonizing Extinction Juno Salazar Parreñas ethnographically traces the ways in which colonialism, decolonization, and indigeneity shape relations that form more-than-human worlds at orangutan...

Marking Time

Author Nicole R. Fleetwood Description More than two million people are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families...

Connecting, Humanizing, and Healing Through Music with Esteemed Violinist Vijay Gupta

Host Baktash Ahadi Description In this episode, we discuss loneliness and brokenness, and the power of music to be the catalyst for connection and healing. Vijay shares...

23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement

Author Keramet Reiter Description Originally meant to be brief and exceptional, solitary confinement in U.S. prisons has become long-term and common. Prisoners spend twenty-three hours a day...

Animals’ Best Friends

Author Barbara J. King Description As people come to understand more about animals’ inner lives—the intricacies of their thoughts and the emotions that are expressed every day...

Flying Kites

Contributors THE STANFORD GRAPHIC NOVEL PROJECT 2018-2019: Candice Kim, Katherine Liu, Lily Nilipour, Sarah Shourd, Lucy Zhu, Peter DiCampo, Danial Shadmany, Nik Wesson, Elena Kamas,...