"A Continental Laboratory": The Landscape of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
My chapter on the development of the teaching landscape at West Point has been published in the volume Landscape and the Academy (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks), edited by John Beardsley and Daniel Bluestone. Ordering a copy of this volume for your library is strongly encouraged!
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"The Cyborg in the Garden"
An essay I wrote on the renewed interest in cyborgs in landscape design and engineering has been published in the beautifully executed new installment of the New Geographies journal, on the theme of "Posthuman," edited by colleagues Mariano Gomez Luque and Ghazal Jafari.
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The D.C. Water Atlas
The D.C. Water Atlas, a digital repository of maps and research on how water use affected the urban form of the District of Columbia and surrounding region, is now online. You can visit the atlas here: www.doaks.org/resources/water-atlas/
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The project is the result of a year-long effort of research, map digitization, drawing, coding, and writing, and was completed as part of my duties as a Tyler Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, who are graciously hosting the atlas on their server. You can read more about the process of creating the atlas in the project's methodological essay.
Upcoming conference presentations
"Rock Work: Military Reorganization of the Construction Industry at Muscle Shoals, 1870-1890," Ruins and Reconstructions: Architectures of Slavery Conference, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, October 24-26.
"On the Built History of Reconstruction," Annual Conference of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Greenville, SC, October 9-12.
"On the Built History of Reconstruction," Annual Conference of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Greenville, SC, October 9-12.
Publications
"'A Continental Laboratory': The Landscape of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point," in Landscape and the Academy, ed. by John Beardsley and Daniel Bluestone (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2019), 113-142.
"Levees, Slavery, and Maintenance," in Technology's Stories, August, 2018 (http://www.technologystories.org/levees-slavery-and-maintenance/)
"The Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England by Eric H. Ash (book review)," Landscape Journal, v. 36, no. 2 (2017), 112-113.
"The Cyborg in the Garden," in New Geographies 9, (2017), 156-160.
The D.C. Water Atlas (www.doaks.org/resources/water-atlas/, 2017).
"Becoming that Antagonist: Menacing Landscapes in Two Recent Novels," in Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism 3 (forthcoming).
"Fluid Boundaries: Rapanos v. United States Revisited" in The Site 36 (Winter, 2016).
"Letter to Ed Eigen," in Open Letters 11 (March 28, 2014).
"Levees, Slavery, and Maintenance," in Technology's Stories, August, 2018 (http://www.technologystories.org/levees-slavery-and-maintenance/)
"The Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England by Eric H. Ash (book review)," Landscape Journal, v. 36, no. 2 (2017), 112-113.
"The Cyborg in the Garden," in New Geographies 9, (2017), 156-160.
The D.C. Water Atlas (www.doaks.org/resources/water-atlas/, 2017).
"Becoming that Antagonist: Menacing Landscapes in Two Recent Novels," in Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism 3 (forthcoming).
"Fluid Boundaries: Rapanos v. United States Revisited" in The Site 36 (Winter, 2016).
"Letter to Ed Eigen," in Open Letters 11 (March 28, 2014).
Past conference presentations and invited talks
"More Than Forty Acres: Hope and Despair in Reconstruction Landscapes" at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Providence, RI, April 24-28, 2019.
"Reconstructing the Cape Fear: Re-engineering the Coast after the American Civil War" at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology, Philadelphia, PA, October 26-29, 2017.
"Laboring Rivers: Engineering and Work in the Cotton Empire" at the 71st Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Paul, MN, April 18-22, 2018.
"On the Angle of Repose" at Maintainers II Conference, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, April 6-8, 2017.
“Neoliberalism, Representation, and Ambivalence.” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. November 28, 2016.
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Urbanism.” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. June 14, 2016.
“A Continental Laboratory: The Landscape of the United States Military Academy,” Landscape and the Academy Symposium, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., May 2016.
“Empiricism, Intuition, and Technical Drawing in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” New England Society of Architectural Historians, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 28, 2015.
“Technical Drawing in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” Military Engineering in the Americas Conference, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, November 18, 2014.
“A Brief History of Mapping and Site Representation.” Harvard University, January 26, 2015.
“Notes on Proving Grounds.” Harvard University, November 28, 2014.
“A Brief History of Military Engineering.” Harvard University, April 23, 2014.
“Maps and Mapping.” Harvard University, January 27, 2014.
“A Tale of Two Swamps.” Harvard University, October 28, 2013.
"Reconstructing the Cape Fear: Re-engineering the Coast after the American Civil War" at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology, Philadelphia, PA, October 26-29, 2017.
"Laboring Rivers: Engineering and Work in the Cotton Empire" at the 71st Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Paul, MN, April 18-22, 2018.
"On the Angle of Repose" at Maintainers II Conference, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, April 6-8, 2017.
“Neoliberalism, Representation, and Ambivalence.” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. November 28, 2016.
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Urbanism.” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C. June 14, 2016.
“A Continental Laboratory: The Landscape of the United States Military Academy,” Landscape and the Academy Symposium, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., May 2016.
“Empiricism, Intuition, and Technical Drawing in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” New England Society of Architectural Historians, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 28, 2015.
“Technical Drawing in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” Military Engineering in the Americas Conference, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, November 18, 2014.
“A Brief History of Mapping and Site Representation.” Harvard University, January 26, 2015.
“Notes on Proving Grounds.” Harvard University, November 28, 2014.
“A Brief History of Military Engineering.” Harvard University, April 23, 2014.
“Maps and Mapping.” Harvard University, January 27, 2014.
“A Tale of Two Swamps.” Harvard University, October 28, 2013.