Informing ocean restoration Baugh-Sasaki is keenly interested in the project’s opportunities to challenge preconceived notions of people’s place and role in the landscape. “Our environment is a repository of human experience and events – we can’t separate ourselves from it,” he said. “By understanding what shapes our perception of contemporary landscapes we will better understand ourselves, our connection to each other, and how we impact our world.”
The inaugural Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Visiting Artist will work with scientists and materials that “provide a window into the history of the environment of the Southern Ocean.” (Image credit: Getty Images)During his residency, Baugh-Saski will meet with ocean scholars including Mehr Kumar, BS/BA ’20, a life sciences researcher at Hopkins Marine Station; Elizabeth Hadly, a professor of biology in the School of Humanities and Sciences and of Earth system science in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; and professor Rob Dunbar and associate professor Jeremy Goldbogen in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s Oceans Department. One of the project’s goals is to inform ocean restoration by reconstructing its history. The residency will culminate in a finished work to be unveiled at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, which funded Dunbar, Goldbogen, and Hadly’s analysis of Southern Ocean sediment cores through its Environmental Venture Projects program. “We could not be more pleased to join with the Office of the Vice President for the Arts to support this innovative and multidisciplinary approach to better understanding human impact on the environment,” said Dean Arun Majumdar. “The visiting artist program will expand our vision of how we conduct research and teach about sustainability, and the finished work will not only inspire and educate our own university community but also foster similar endeavors far beyond our campus.”The new program joins a growing number of opportunities for art and the humanities to augment science on campus and beyond. “We have seen an increasing number of artists grappling with issues of climate change through their practice as well as the establishment of organizations focused on art and sustainability,” Oh said. “This leads us to believe that the time is right to invest in new structures and platforms that can further demonstrate the power and impact that art-science research and practice can have in the world.”Goldbogen is also an associate professor (by courtesy) of biology in the School of Humanities and Sciences. Hadly is the Paul S. and Billie Achilles Professor in Environmental Biology in the School of Humanities and Sciences. Dunbar is also the W.M. Keck Professor, a professor of Earth system science in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Majumdar is the Chester Naramore Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor, and a senior fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy. He is also a professor of mechanical engineering and, by courtesy, of materials science and engineering in the School of Engineering, and a professor in the Photon Science Directorate. He is a senior fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution.



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