exploring the histories surrounding the Midwest’s silk production, focusing on its colonial scars. My research is rooted in the examination of how species adapt to non native environments and the ethical implications of being brought to land against their will and intertwining physical research with post-colonial theory regarding the ethics of invasiveness.

The foundation of this research lies in the sericulture of silk worms raised entirely on Detroit-grown mulberry leaves, tracking the way each generation adapts due to their environment and food sources and become biologically attuned to Detroit’s cultivar of mulberry.