In this episode we sit down with Everyday Environmentalism’s own Maddy Aubey! Maddy is a PhD archaeology student at UCLA who tells us about her undergraduate thesis: “Visions Underfoot: Seneca Village and the Poetics of Remembrance.” It’s an interdisciplinary project that combines archaeology, history, and poetry. Maddy used physical objects found by archaeologists at the Seneca Village dig site as a way to creatively ponder the interior lives of the individuals who called it home.

This is Part II of our series of episodes on Seneca Village. If you want a more traditional history about the facts and origins of Seneca Village, listen to our previous episode with Dr. Nan Rothschild if you have not already.

Here are the resources we discuss in this episode:

“Seneca Village Unearthed,” The NYC Archaeology Repository: https://archaeology.cityofnewyork.us/collection/digital-exhibitions/seneca-village-unearthed

“Venus in Two Acts,” Saidiya Hartman (on critical fabulation)

My Seneca Village, Marilyn Nelson

Black Feminist Archaeology, Whitney Battle-Batiste

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Everyday Environmentalism is a podcast that tells past and present stories about "urban nature" in New York City. We interview current activists in tandem with environmental historians to produce a long history of the ways ordinary New Yorkers have experienced the urban outdoors and created more sustainable relationships with their environment.

This podcast is hosted by Amanda Martin-Hardin, Maddy Aubey, and Prem Thakker.

Visit www.everydayenvironmentalism.org for more information.

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