Inspired by the positive possibilities of transdisciplinary environmental remediation projects, the shift Western science is taking by including social science research is demonstrated through five wetland plant inks, beginning with a technical drawing from the early 1900’s slowly morphing into a translucent depiction of Cattails, its surroundings, and adding a discomfortable Caucasian person amidst the wetland.
“Baltic Rush” and “Cattails” below translucent glow honors the transformative cleansing gifts wetland plants bestow within ecosystems. The model refers to the awkwardness of traditional Western Science methodology within nature, but also to the Renaissance when inter and transdisciplinarity ignited a societal paradigm shift from the Dark Ages to the Enlightened Period.
