Robert Gardner Photography Fellow 2022

Lee Kai Chung will use the fellowship to work on The Infinite Train, an ongoing research-based art and archive project...

Roughly every five years since 1992, the United States has experienced major urban destruction, both natural and man-made. Even before the shock has passed, dealing with trash and rubble is a critical part of post-disaster response. How do cities clean up?

Tornadoes, Twin Towers, and Hurricanes: 20 Years of Urban Disaster Clean-up

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Garbage is rich with contradictions. It is both intimate and global, ubiquitous and invisible. We generate trash in vast quantities but few of us know where it goes, or how it gets there, or what happens to it next.

Garbage: Learning to Unsee 

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Brown ash trees sustain the ancestral basket-making traditions of the Wabanaki people of Maine and play a key role... Read more about Video: Protecting the Ash Tree: Wabanaki Diplomacy and Sustainability Science in Maine

Cell phones are among people’s most prized possessions. They play an important role in daily life, facilitating... Read more about Video: Unseen Connections: A Natural History of Cell Phones

Warfare is a nearly universal trait of human societies. It has influenced the evolution of human societies... Read more about Video: Understanding Warfare: An Evolutionary Approach

The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create... Read more about Video: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

What impact are information and communication technologies such as the Internet and social media... Read more about Video: The Future of Happiness: How Communication Technologies Will Change Our World—Or Not

The idea of building a wall on the U.S./Mexico border serves as a potent symbol across the political spectrum... Read more about Video: The Border Wall: Life and Injury on the Frontlines

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The Center for Land Use Interpretation explores how land in the United States is apportioned, utilized,... Read more about Video: The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts

Domesticated animals such as dogs, pigs, and horses often sport floppy ears, patches of white hair... Read more about Video: Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals