Of Cotton, Clay, and Water: A Black retelling of the Anthropocene narrative (2026)

Of Cotton, Clay, and Water: A Black retelling of the Anthropocene narrative


Of Cotton, Clay, and Water: A Black retelling of the Anthropocene narrative by Evelyn Logan focuses on Black descendants of the Trans*Atlantic slave trade in America, centering the retelling around their pasts, presents, and futures. Cotton, clay, and water guide the project, acting as a framework for interpreting the narrative and site for analysis and hacking. Read in order or click on a chapter that interests you -->

Contents of this path:

  1. Beginning with the ending
  2. The Vase Complete
  3. This retelling operates on polychronic time
  4. Clay as narrative/law
  5. Growing cotton
  6. Clay as a finite element
  7. Black textile lifecycles
  8. The Trans*atlantic, blue space racism, and Flint, Michigan: Water as a means of oppression
  9. “To freedom", jumping ship, and following rivers: Water as a site of freedom
  10. Clay as a memory (archive)
  11. Ending with a beginning

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