Jason Moore

Jason W. Moore is an American environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University, where he coordinates the World-Ecology Research Collective. His scholarship develops the world-ecology framework, situating capitalism as a system that organizes not only labor and capital but also nature. In Capitalism in the Web of Life (2015) and Anthropocene or Capitalocene? (2016), Moore challenges dominant narratives of the Anthropocene, arguing instead for the Capitalocene to highlight capitalism’s role in ecological crisis. His work bridges environmental history, political economy, and social theory, and has been recognized with multiple international awards.

How do we represent territories whose histories, economies, and ecologies have been shaped by centuries of extraction, yet are still often perceived as peripheral or empty? 1. Introduction In his book Norrland, journalist Po Tidholm opens with a poem that captures a long-standing reality: northern Sweden has long been a site of resource extraction— iron […]

Browse landscape architecture projects

Travelling?
See projects nearby!

Get Landezine’s Weekly Newsletter
and keep in touch!

Subscribe and receive news, articles, opportunities, projects and profiles from the community, once per week! Subscribe