oyster city: ar and place-based learning
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A workshop for the Mobility Shifts Conference, The New School, NYC, October 12, 2011Meredith Drum, Rachel Stevens, Phoenix Toews
A participant views a prototype object telling the story of how human sewage is one of the major pollutants in the NY Harbor
A participant views a shell midden, a pile of discarded oyster shells typically left behind by the Lenape Indians and later European settlers. Shell middens are still being discovered in Manhattan during construction projects and are excellent archeological finds.
A prototype object: A shell midden where participants can place informational objects (like this photograph in the lower right corner, which can be added tp the pile of shells).