People, Power, Property: On Henri Lefebvre’s “On the Rural”
Agronomists study the quality of soil: its water retention, mineral and nutrient content, the presence or absence of chemicals.
Land as History’s Witness: On “American Geography” and “American Silence”
About 60 years ago I arrived home on the afternoon school bus to find several small sedans parked in our driveway.
Asphalt and Sand: A Material History of Extraction and Consumption
I’m writing this in a plane flying south over California, from San Francisco, where I grew up, to Santa Barbara, where I attend grad school.
