As the class nears its end, I am still thinking about the question of how to cope with the present, every day, “slow violence” nature of climate change in ways that go beyond action items or small scale mitigation efforts. While I listened to Jetnil Kijiner’s spoken word piece, it also occurred to me that … Continue reading closing reflections
Test Tubes and Optimization in “Evolution Climate”
For this post, I would like to reflect on two aspects of the Evolution Climate board game. For one, the player activity was largely based through individual point collecting on a species board. This species board made the experience one of optimization under stress conditions that often felt impersonal. Secondly, the relationship between the game’s … Continue reading Test Tubes and Optimization in “Evolution Climate”
a jarring weekend of climate change media
Watching both Snowpiercer and First Reformed this weekend were high-stress experiences for me, in part, I think, because the films put the viewer in uncomfortable positions albeit in different ways. In Snowpiercer, I often felt put in the position of a passenger on the train as a viewer, because of the claustrophobic sense of confinement … Continue reading a jarring weekend of climate change media
Climate Change in Media and Design 