Subcritical - by Martha Cary Eppes & Marek Ranis & José L S Gámez (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Subcritical: Third Culture Field Notes explores an innovative, interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists and artists. Based on a project funded by the National Science Foundation that studies how climate change influences the breakdown of rocks and the cracking of mountains, Subcritical integrates the arts with scientific research to communicate findings. Subcritical brings together scholarly and theoretical essays as well as richly illustrated artwork and case studies of design investigations. This novel work represents the type of multidisciplinary synergies possible when artists and scientists collaborate with each other.

Volume edited by Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes, Marek Ranis, and Jose L. S. Gamez. Essays contributed by Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes, Jose L. S. Gamez, Ken Lambla, Brook Muller, Marek Ranis, Monica Rasmussen, and Melissa Riker.

About the Author

Jose L. S. Gamez, PhD, is the interim dean of the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. He was previously the associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Arts + Architecture. He has served as the interim director of the School of Architecture, as the associate director of the school, as a provost faculty fellow, as well as a research fellow with both UNC Charlotte's Institute for Social Capital and Urban Institute. His research explores questions of culture in architecture and urbanism through action-based research and public scholarship.