Naming Waters, Claiming Lands: Territorial Fictions and Ecological Entanglements in the Gulf South

Explore the powerful connections between art, history, and land in this thought-provoking lecture. Discover how contemporary artists like Imani Jacqueline Brown, Monique Verdin, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen are confronting the legacies of colonial mapping, plantation geographies, and environmental extraction in the Gulf. From the survival of African American burial sites along Cancer Alley to the rev...