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Exposing the Anthropocene: Art and Education in the 'Extraction State'
- Erika Osborne (author)
Chapter of: Making the Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life(pp. 62–66)
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| Title | Exposing the Anthropocene |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Art and Education in the 'Extraction State' |
| Contributor | Erika Osborne (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0014.1.08 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/making-the-geologic-now/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ |
| Copyright | Osborne, Erika |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2012-12-04 |
| Long abstract | In the age of the Anthropocene, human impact on a geologic scale infiltrates nearly every aspect of contemporary life. The immense breadth and depth of the changes to the planet that have been caused by this impact have affected my work and my pedagogy as an artist and educator interested in connections between culture and environment.Although I have always been interested in the Anthropocene, my fascination with its artifacts grew when I accepted a teaching position in the School of Art and Design at West Virginia University and moved to “The Mountain State”—or what West Virginia’s former governor and now senator, Joe Manchin, has lovingly called “The Extraction State.” Here, it is obvious that not only have the surface and ecology of mountains changed because of defores-tation, but entire topographies have morphed in a geologic instant as a product of large-scale mountaintop removal (MTR) mining. This type of mining is a quick, relatively inexpensive process in which the summits of mountains are blasted away to expose coal seams, and the overburden is dumped into adjacent valleys. This anthropocentric practice has come to define the state and has created a battleground, pitting local communities and the mountain ecol-ogy against an ever-growing, global need for cheap energy. In mined areas of Appalachia, the biodiversity of some of the oldest mountains in the world is obliterated instantly, habitats are immediately lost and clean water sources are buried or left highly contaminated. In addition, the local people often suffer from serious health issues affecting their lungs, kidneys, hearts, and nervous systems. They also suffer economically as property values drop, businesses close, and economic diversity is lost. |
| Page range | pp. 62–66 |
| Print length | 5 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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