Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson is a landscape designer and researcher. His work examines and works within landscapes of climate crisis and disaster making in Nepal, focusing on the transformative agencies of people on the ground. Recent work with collaborators Yungdrung Tsewang Gurung and Sonam Lama examines the ongoing retreat of a small Himalayan village, and has been funded by grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the Landscape Research Group. Carlson was a Fulbright Scholar in Nepal and has worked with organizations including the United Nations Office for Project Services in Kathmandu. His work is published in the Journal of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Research Journal, Thresholds Journal, and other publications.
Select Articles, Chapters, and Publications
“Terai Trajectories: Layering Design Action in the Plains of Nepal,” in Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2022, vol. 17, no. 3. Dane Carlson. Edited by Burcu Yigit Turan, et al.
"A Landscape that has Never Existed: Temporalities of control and Disaster-Making in the Terai,” in MIT Thresholds Journal, 2022, no. 50. Dane Carlson, Tshewang Tamang.
“Trajectories of Practice Across Time: Moving Beyond the Histories of Landscape Architecture,” in Landscape Research Journal, 2021, vol. 47, no. 1. Dane Carlson, Mariel Collard.
Select Exhibitions and Presentations
“Discussing Disaster and Climate Crisis-Induced Migration in Nepal,” Dane Carlson; presented at Roundtable on Land Tenure and Crisis-Induced Migration in Nepal, 2024, Kathmandu, Nepal.
“Shifting Village: The Design and Making of Lubra in the midst of Climate Crisis,” Dane Carlson; presented at Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and Understanding through the Social Sciences (ICARUS), 2023, Ann Arbor, Mich.
“Floods, Distributed Agencies, and Speculative Futures of the Terai,” Dane Carlson; presented at Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Conference, 2022, Toronto.
Select Awards and Grants
2024 — Research Fund Grant, Landscape Research Group, with Yungdrung Tsewang Gurung and Sonam Lama
2022 — Research and Development Grant, Graham Foundation, with Yungdrung Tsewang Gurung and Sonam Lama
2021 — Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator Grant, United Nations Development Programme, with Yungdrung Tsewang Gurung, Sonam Lama, and Kuldeep Aryal