Wolf: Lost & Found
Doctoral Research
This qualitative research was motivated by the desire to understand how conservation work can engage our psychic connection to the more-than-human. The work used grounded theory and phenomenological methodologies; data was gathered with interviews and arts-based inquiry and analyzed through the lenses of depth-ecopsychology and community psychology. The research specifically explored what calls artists to create work about wolves, and how their work expresses a sense of interconnection with wolves. It offers insight for critical conservation communication.
My roles researcher, creative director
Complete dissertation found here
Sunset filming in Yellowstone National Park. Bob Landis (left) and Susan Grelock Yusem. Photo David Grelock Yusem
Art + inquiry.
Participants included artists, storytellers, and biologists who have created work about wolves and live in the southern portion of the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor in North America.
Collaborators included the following artists: Virgine Baude, Justin Devine, Deby Dixon, David Grelock-Yusem, Megan Lynn Kott, Bob Landis, Ryan Law, Lil’ Raindrop, Carter Niemeyer, John Sterling, Kevin Van Tighem, Diane Versteeg, Riley Yusem
Creative products podcasts, website, catalog of art (see link below)
Wolf: Lost & Found
You can view the work of the artists who collaborated with me on the research. Their work has been brought together in a virtual exhibit catalog.