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

July 9–12, 2023 in Portland, Oregon

Organized by Erin James (University of Idaho) and Taylor Eggan (Pacific Northwest College of Art)

How can we be sure that we are talking about the same thing when, from our various disciplinary and experiential vantages, we speak of “the commons?” This question gains significance and urgency when we consider how unevenly land and resources are distributed, and how disproportionately this uneven distribution affects different communities. Although the …