projects
LAB
who we are
The Confluence Lab engages in creative interdisciplinary research projects that bring together scholars in the arts, humanities, and sciences, together with community members, to engage in environmental issues impacting rural communities.
visual artwork highlighting the manifold
ways artists and designers are marking, mapping,
and engaging with wildfire
crowd-sourced digital map that
documents experiences of wildfire smoke
in the Pacific Northwest and further afield

using science and art to explore the
Frank Church River of No Return WIlderness

using photographs and oral histories to
understand change in the wilderness

understanding climate change perceptions and skepticism in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

community-sourced project that hopes
to reimagine our shared wildfire story
and future fire resilience

interdisciplinary project that explores
personal narratives of wildland fire and
informal STEM learning in rural Idaho

deep map consisting of oral histories,
trail camera footage, nonfiction essays,
and historical documents

conversations about climate change
in four Idaho communities






