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TeachingAboutClimateChangewithTartans
JuneJulian,Ed.D.
LandscapeandCultureExhibition:ExpeditionArtoftheScottishHebrides
ChashamaSpaceforArtistsNewYork,NewYork
April4–May4,2019
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TeachingAboutClimateChangewithTartans
LandscapeandCultureExhibition:ExpeditionArtoftheScottishHebrides
JuneJulian,Ed.D.
Abstract
AnexhibitionofpaintingsfromanArtandArchaeologyresearchexpeditionintheOuter
HebridesofScotlandmayseemtobeunlikelyteachingmoment.Yetthatcollectionofimages,
andtheideasbehindthemformthecoreofanovelapproachthatusestartandesigntoteach
abouttheclimatecrisis.Youngpeopleareanxiousaboutclimatechangeandyoung
environmentalactivistslikeGretaThunbergaregivingpresenceandvoicetotheirconcerns.Yet
whatcanteachersdotohelptheirstudentstounderstandclimatedata,topersonalizeitandto
makeitreal?JuneJulianhasdevelopedamethodthatusestartandesigntovisualizeclimate
data.
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TeachingAboutClimateChangewithTartans©JuneJulian,Ed.D.
AnexhibitionofpaintingsfromanArtandArchaeologyresearchexpeditionintheOuter
HebridesofScotlandmayseemtobeunlikelyteachingmoment.Yetthatcollectionofimages,
andtheideasbehindthemformthecoreofanovelapproachthatusestartandesigntoteach
aboutclimatechange.
Inher2019exhibit,LandscapeandCulture:ExpeditionArtoftheScottishHebrides,heldat
ChashamaSpaceforArtistsinNewYorkCity,JuneJulianinterspersestensmall,delicate
watercolorpaintingsofidyllicremotebeacheswithfivelargerenigmaticones.Butdon’tbe
fooledbytheruseofthepicturesque.Beneaththepaintings’poeticpresenceliesacatastrophic
reality.Theysetthesceneandclimatechangedeliversthepunch.
Uninhabitedvaststretchesofwhitesugarsandsandtransparentturquoisewaterflashundera
momentaryfissureinthedarkwindsweptcloudinsome.Otherswilljoltyououtofasweet
hypnoticreveriewithfragmentingfamilytartansthatarecharacteristicoftheirdepopulating
ancestralislands.
HumanshavelivedontheshoresoftheseremoteislesoftheOuterHebrideslocatedoffofthe
mainlandofScotland,forthousandsofyears.Justlikeus,theylovedtobuildtheircommunities
onwaterfrontproperty,closetomaritimeresourcesforfood,transport,andqualityoflife.The
ruinsofNeolithicandBronzeagestructurescrumbleintotherisingtidesthere.Whatwashes
outarefragmentsofveryearlypottery,bone,pins,Vikingknives,swords,ironshipfittings,the
flotsamandjetsamoftheireverydaylives.
ThegallerywalltextdescribedhowtheartistparticipatedinarecentArtandArchaeology
projectthatreceivedtwosuccessiveExplorersClubFlagExpeditionAwards.Withherwork,she
isfollowinginthereveredtraditionofArchaeologyExpeditionArtmadefamousbyiconic
practitionerslikeCarlAkeleyattheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory.Beforetheadventof
photography,artistswerestandardparticipantsinArchaeologicalfieldwork,andcontributed
copiousdocumentationofthephysicalresearchenvironmentandoftheartifactsthatwere
found.ItfurtherdescribedthatthedistinctivepatternsofScottishtartansarecodedfamily
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identifiers.Theyarefrayinganddisintegratinginsomeoftheartworkstosignifythe
depopulationoftheancestrallandsduetosocioeconomicandclimateimpacts.
ThisArtandArcheologyresearchisabellwetherfortheeffectsofclimatechangeoncoastal
culturalheritageworldwide.(Julian,MacLennan2017).Risingseas,morefrequentstorms,and
intenserainfalldisruptarcheologicalevidenceandcontemporarylives.TheNorthernlatitudes
providepropheticindicatorsoffuturethreatstoshorelinecitieslikeNewYork.
Intheexhibit,theNewYorkCityTartanpainting,thecity’sofficialtartan,whosecolorsinthe
officiallyregistereddesignsymbolicallydepictCentralPark,therivers,thecity’senergy,andthe
fallenTwinTowers,seemstobedisassemblinginplaces.UnderapasticheofMichelangelo’s
imageofTheCreationwheredivinepowerisconveyedbythetouchingofhands,and
illuminatedbytheglowofthecitylightsandtheEmpireStateBuilding,somethingmaybe
amiss.
TheLandscapeandCultureexhibitisacautionarytale.Atthesametimebothbeguilingand
unsettling,thebackstoryiswaterandlotsofit.Theseasareeatingeverything.
YoungpeopleareanxiousaboutClimateChangeandyoungenvironmentalactivistslikeGreta
Thunbergaregivingpresenceandvoicetotheirconcerns.Yetwhatcanteachersdotohelp
theirstudentstounderstandclimatedata,topersonalizeitandtomakeitreal?
BasedontheconceptthatthetraditionalScottishtartanelementsofcoloredbandscarry
meaning,JuneJulianhasdevelopedamethodthatusestartandesigntovisualizeclimatedata.
Sheinsertsthedatafromherexpeditionreportsfromeachofhertwoyearsoffieldworkinto
twoseparateverticalandhorizontalbargraphsandoverlapsthemtoformatartan.
Thefinaltartandatavisualizationofalltheresearchdataisquiteextensiveandlargeinformat.
Toclearlydemonstratethemethodthatsheused,theexamplesbelowshowerosiondatafor
onlyonesiteperprojectyear.
Color=ErosionTypeLightBlue=SeaErosionGreen=IntertidalGrey=WindErosionRed=GoneCompletelyBarLength=AmountofErosionX=2015site1Y=2017site1
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Figure1showstheverticalExceltemplatethatsheusedforthe2015researchsites,andFigure
2showsthehorizontalExceltemplateforthe2017researchsites.Shecopiedthesetemplates
soshecouldtheneasilyadjustthelengthandheightofthebarstoreflecttheerosiondatafor
eachofthe47archaeologysitesinthestudy.Figure3isanexampleofhowthearchaeology
researchdatalooksforonlytwoexamplesites,oneoverlappingtheothertoformatartan.
Studentscanresearchclimatechangesubjectmatteroftheirchoiceandenterthedatainto
Excelspreadsheetstomaketheirownbargraphcharts.Thentheycanassigncolorsandwidths
tothebars,andfinallylayertheirgraphstocreatetheirdistinctivetartandesign.Like
traditionalScottishtartansthattellthestoryofpeopleandplace,theonesthatthestudents
createcanvisuallycommunicatethestoryoftheirchangingworld.
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Figure1©JuneJulian,Archaeology/ClimateChangeExpedition2015–VerticalSiteTemplate
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Figure2
©JuneJulian,Archaeology/ClimateChangeExpedition2017-HorizontalSiteTemplate
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Figure3©JuneJulian,Archaeology/ClimateChangeExpedition2015&2017–ExcelTartanforTwoSites
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©JuneJulian,SeaPinks,Vallay,Watercolor,9inchesX12inches,2015
©JuneJulian,Hougharry,NorthUistUK,Watercolor22inchesX30inches,2017
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©JuneJulian,NYCTartan,22inchesX30inches,Watercolor2019
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TheScottishRegisterofTartans.2019,October.https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index