Reconstructing the History of Copper and Silver Mining in Schwaz, Tirol
This study brings together research in a variety of disciplines to reconstruct the history of mining in Schwaz, Tirol.
This study brings together research in a variety of disciplines to reconstruct the history of mining in Schwaz, Tirol.
Hollsten focuses on the mercury mines at Idrija in order to trace the movement of this material and the various ways its history intersects with human history.
The article traces the history of mining and smelting in Ramsbeck, Germany, showing how conflicting interests between mining and agriculture were negotiated.
Haumann looks at the spatial patterns of open-pit limestone mining in the Mettmann district of Germany and tries to explain why these “holes” are in the places they are and why they took the shape they did.
Schramm compares the environmental impacts of uranium mining in East and West Germany.
Museum exhibitions offer a unique space for creating a three-dimensional experience of the systemic interconnectedness that characterizes the Anthropocene, as well as encouraging reflection and participatory discussion. The Deutsches Museum has decided to tackle the challenges of this new age head-on and become the first museum to create a major exhibition on the Anthropocene. While curating an exhibition, we also tackle the question of how to “curate” the planet in its literal sense of taking care of it and curing it.
This article looks at the energy investment that goes into the provision of nutrients and into habitat improvement for the subterranean workforce of earthworms on which agriculture depends.
This article argues for the hybridization of electric utility regimes by means of innovative adaptation of wind power. For a number of reasons, and with the mediation of many different actors, wind power in Denmark proved to be a viable addition to the power system. It did not radically transform the system but nor did it leave it unchanged.
This essay discusses the history and future of the AC electrical grid. The article argues that the DC power generation and distribution pioneered by Edison can make a comeback.
Of the many factors that shaped energy transitions in the twentieth century, the World Wars are rarely considered. Yet the dramatic effects of war mobilization on energy systems and the restructuring of supply lines through new geographies of military action and alliance suggest the importance of war as an external shock or crisis with the power to reshape the political economy of energy systems profoundly. Hydroelectricity in Canada during World War II provides one example of this process. The War consolidated and propelled a transition to hydroelectricity, yet the transition was not simple or linear.