Panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”

July 9-12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Much like tectonic plates, which are shifted by underground convection currents that transfer heat and exert pressure from below, Latin American and Caribbean aesthetics form in fluid exchange with planetary processes and the region’s geological forces. From rock formations to hydrological cycles, aesthetics assemble around often contested geological features, engendering deep social lives that converge, shift, erupt, and leak in many directions. To strategically attend to the …