I’m biased but one of the clearest analogs and practice spaces for this skill set + outlook is ecological restoration, rewilding, agroecology et al at landscape scale - including the social, economic, strategic dimensions of such work. It also conveniently recalibrates ‘higher’ system directives!

Artist of residence (permanent)

Drone video of the Band of Holes:

youtu.be/oRhNJQxx41Y

Found it! Well, their juncture anyhow - indeed not a clean sequential stack (unconformed = erosion, deformation etc between eras). Pretty cool chronofile in the back yard tho :)

This marine fossil bed was right below—

One of these dudes too, pushing the bounds of glam respectability but boy I guess all that pink plumage really goes to your head