{"id":6563,"date":"2012-08-06T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m.ammoth.us\/blog\/?p=6563"},"modified":"2012-08-06T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T15:53:41","slug":"dredgefest-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/m.ammoth.us\/blog\/2012\/08\/dredgefest-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"dredgefest nyc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n[Beach nourishment in Monmouth, New Jersey. Photo: USACE<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

A few months ago, I posted the live interview<\/a> that the Dredge Research Collaborative<\/a> (Stephen, Brett Milligan<\/a>, Tim Maly<\/a>, and myself) did with Geoff Manaugh<\/a> and Nicola Twilley<\/a> at Studio-X NYC<\/a>. Both at that event and in the short post I did, we promised that we’d be back to New York in the fall for a longer event — a festival of dredge.<\/p>\n

We’re pleased to announce that DredgeFest<\/a> will be Friday, September 28th, and Saturday, September 29th.<\/p>\n

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\n[A tangled web of exported sediments: mapping the transfer of silt, sand, clay, and rock from dredge sites in New York and New Jersey Harbor, from 2009 to early 2012. Draft image: Dredge Research Collaborative.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Dredging — the mechanized transport of underwater sediments — is one of the most primal of the infrastructural support systems underlying the modern metropolis: huge barges, hoses, and shovels locked in constant combat with the entropic pull of gravity. Through dredging, we act as geologic agents — accelerating and decelerating the movement of silts, sands, and clays.<\/p>\n

DredgeFest will both explore dredging as an industrial activity central to the functioning of an estuarine metropolis like New York City, as well as circle outward from dredge to a variety of linked landscapes and processes<\/a>, from oyster-farming to anthropogenically-accelerated erosion to retrofitting New York’s coastal edges for climate change adaptation.<\/p>\n

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\n[Anthrosols in New York: dredge and other fill around Jamaica Bay. Draft map by the Dredge Research Collaborative using data from the NYC Reconnaissance Soil Survey<\/a>, which is an amazing dataset — part of the world’s first urban soil survey to explicitly focus on the classification of anthrosols.]<\/em><\/p>\n

On the 28th, we’ll spend the afternoon at Studio-X (180 Varick Street)<\/a>, for talks and panels discussions that will bring together\u00a0corporate practitioners, government agencies, designers, scientists, theorists, and industry experts. We’ll be talking about dredge and the Anthropocene — how human sediment handling practices are helping to shape a new geologic era; hearing about the current evolution of the handling of sedimentary resources from 20th-century linear industrial models towards 21st-century methods that create cycles, positive feedback loops, and resilience in the face of contemporary environmental challenges; looking at dredge as a regenerative resource; and examining the role of public participation in the landscapes of dredge. We’re quite excited about the line-up we’ve developed for that afternoon, which includes designers Kate Orff<\/a> and Catherine Seavitt<\/a>; representatives of public agencies like the USACE, EPA, and NPS; Eric Sanderson<\/a>, author of Mannahatta<\/em>; corporations involved in sedimentary New York; geologist Roger Hooke<\/a>; and more.<\/p>\n

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\n[Saltmarsh restoration on Yellow Bar in Jamaica Bay. Aerial image by Gena Wirth and Rob Holmes, Public Laboratory and the Dredge Research Collaborative<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, on Saturday, having talked about the past, present, and future of New York’s dredge landscapes, we’ll spend the afternoon on a boat, touring littoral New York, visiting sites from active dredging in the Ambrose Channel<\/a>, where the Army Corps is preparing for the imminent arrival<\/a> of exceptionally large Post-Panamax container ships, to heavily-eroded Plumb Beach<\/a>, to restoration projects under way in Jamaica Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike the symposium on Friday afternoon, which will be free and open to the public, Saturday’s boat tour is ticketed. Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets<\/a>, at a reduced rate of $34 through September 6.<\/p>\n

Much more detail is available at the DredgeFest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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