No Place Like Home

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Presenter(s)

Grace Worden

Abstract or Description

There is immense value in personal and collective connections to place. Place gives physical form to our identities and cultural praxes, and it shapes our relationship with the environment. No Place Like Home is a creative research project about our changing relationship with Kansas landscapes. My project utilizes environmental research and the poetics of traditional darkroom photography to investigate the intersectionality of place, identity, and current environmental conditions in Kansas. Many Kansans share a deep connection to place. Their lived experiences are intimately tied to its physicality; farming, ranching, mining, and oil extraction—the livelihoods of families and communities across the state—all rely on the land. At the same time, the land also relies on us. My work is about appreciating the habitat of home.

Mentor

Elise Kirk