Writing

My writing operates at the intersection of spatial theory, material processes, cognition, and systems thinking. Across academic journals, architecture and landscape publications, artist-led research platforms, and technical industry outlets, my work examines how environments are produced, interpreted, and transformed, physically, cognitively, and institutionally.

I publish in two primary modes.

The first is theoretical and analytical writing grounded in anthropology, cognitive science, landscape architecture, and urban theory. These texts address perception, navigation, agency, and the cultural and material logics that shape hybrid environments, infrastructural landscapes, and remote sites. A consistent focus of this work is how humans make sense of complex spatial systems and how those systems structure behavior, meaning, and decision-making in return.

The second is applied and technical research, where theory is tested against real-world conditions. Recent work engages directly with industrial and extractive workflows, geospatial systems, and spatial data pipelines, translating abstract models into operational insight. This writing often makes visible the hidden assumptions embedded in contemporary tools, representations, and institutional processes.

I am currently mid-project on a nonfiction book developed from my research archive at the Nevada Museum of Art Center for Art + Environment, An Attempt To Understand A Glacier Without Ever Having Seen One. The manuscript draws on field notes, archival research, spatial analysis, and cognitive frameworks to examine how knowledge of distant, inaccessible, or abstract environments is constructed. Written for a broad audience, the book treats the glacier not only as a physical phenomenon but as a problem of perception, representation, and inference.

For ongoing essays, working ideas, and shorter explorations of my research, I publish ungated content on Substack. This space allows me to share provisional writing, reflections, and contextual commentary that complements the work in my publications and current projects.

Taken together, my publications reflect a sustained inquiry into how space is conceived, represented, and acted upon, and how rigorous thinking can move fluidly between academic research, artistic practice, and applied industrial contexts.