Tag: Appalachia

  • How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia

    Features Fia Backström explores this nexus of environmental degradation, disaster capitalism, and intergenerational poverty through embodied, compassionate, and durational research. Fia Backström, still from “Toxicology Report” (2025), HD Video, color, sound (image courtesy the artist) The Swedish artist and writer Fia Backström began traveling to the Appalachian region of Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, in 2017. read more

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    How to Tell the Story of Extraction in Appalachia