Swanson, Cole2023-11-202023-11-202023Swanson, Cole. 2023. “Monuments and Megachile: Lessons from the Insect Graveyard.” Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities 4, no. 1 (June): 63–73.https://doi.org/10.46863/ecocene.97https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12695/2382Cole Swanson is an artist and educator based in Toronto/Tkaronto, Canada. Through a multidisciplinary, collaborative, and materially focused practice, he explores the complex relations emerging between creatures living together in tension in the so-called Anthropocene. Swanson’s work opens to multiple ways of knowing; he learns from/with conservationists, scientists, community partners, and more-than-human actors to inform key aspects of the creative process. Swanson is undertaking PhD research in Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto. A 2023 Vanier Scholar, he is currently engaged in multispecies and artistic research into Toronto’s massive and maligned double-crested cormorant colony.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess[Keywords Not Available]Monuments and Megachile: Lessons from the Insect GraveyardArticle416373