(Originally published for the Anthropocene Curriculum.)

Students analyzed case studies on the Mississippi, developed their own questions, exchanged with the case study authors, and designed new maps of relationships. The work considered questions such as, what approaches and methods were used for these case studies? Which relationships between human and non-human actors could be observed? What socio-political relationships become visible through the river? Who is being overlooked? What does this have to do with us here? And: how can we make these relationships visible?

This downloadable publication documents much of the process and results from this journey, which was undertaken mainly in Berlin and Potsdam, but also online during the COVID-19 pandemic—far from the Mississippi River.

For further exploration, visit The New Mississippi River Basin Mythology—an online journey developed by students Kerstin Humm, Tilmann Finner, and Marielouis Hippler.