Open Fields: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Very Idea of a Natural History
Open Fields: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Very Idea of a Natural History
This partnership with the Field Museum brought together anthropologists, visual artists, curators, scholars of historic preservation, lawyers specializing in indigenous rights, and tribal elders from across North America, to help redefine the concept of “natural history.”
An ambitious collaboration that brought together anthropologists, visual artists, curators, scholars of historic preservation, lawyers specializing in Indigenous rights, and tribal elders from across North America, the Open Fields project (2017–2019) helped to redefine the concept of “natural...