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