The Desert Humanities Initiative at ASU creates engagement experiences around the Sonoran Desert. 

We have launched an art book series called “Strata” with the first issue on the iconic Saguaro. The issue includes internationally known artists (Mark Klett and Andy Brown), the scientists who sequenced the DNA of the Saguaro (Martin Wojciechowski and Alberto Burquez), Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios, cultural scholar of the Akimel O’odham nation (David Martinez), among other scientist, artists, and philosophers. Join us on February 5th for the book launch.