Arcadia

Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 1

Housing for a Changing Climate: The Commonwealth Environmental Building Station in 1950s Australia

Rachel Goldlust

Houses made from earth have historically shaped environmental thinking in Australia.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 18

“his & nature’s expropriation”: Wetland Enclosure, Salvage Poetics, and Social Reproduction in Wendy Mulford’s East Anglia Sequence

Fred Carter

Wendy Mulford’s poetry reflects on drainage, environmental loss, and social reproduction in the fens, reframing environmental history through a Marxist-feminist lens.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 17

Poles of Exploration and Exploitation: Olaudah Equiano in the Arctic

Henry Jacob

This essay proposes that Olaudah Equiano’s account of a 1773 Arctic voyage doubles as a critique of exploration and exploitation.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 16

Philippe-Sirice Bridel, the Natural Landscape, and the Swiss National Sentiment

Nicolas de Félice

Philippe-Sirice Bridel’s youthful diary synthesizes the political and aesthetic issues related to nature, showing the environmental sensibility of the time.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 15

From Wilderness to Breeding Farms: The Domestication of the Chinchilla lanigera

Ángela Vergara

When Mathias Chapman opened his first chinchilla breeding farm in Southern California, he also saved the fur trade industry.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 14

The Mighty Streams: Coping with Rivers in the Ancient World

Krešimir Vuković

This article presents examples of ancient conceptions of rivers as more-than-human agents and their struggle with humans.

Arcadia, Autumn 2022, no. 13

Climate Change and Pastoral Nomads: Feedback Loops in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Munkhbileg Batmunkh

This article focuses on the complicated interactions between climate change and the lives of people in and near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Arcadia, Summer 2022, no. 12

What Does It Mean to Study Environments in Ukraine Now?

Darya Tsymbalyuk

An essay on Russian imperialism and the entanglement of the geologic and the military.

Arcadia, Summer 2022, no. 11

Hostage to Nuclear Power Plants: Weekly Funeral Procession Protest at the Wolsong Nuclear Power Plants, Gyeongju, South Korea

Minjung Noh and Shinyoung Kim

The residents near Wolsong Nuclear Power Plants at Gyeongju, South Korea, protest to claim their rights to live with dignity.

Arcadia, Summer 2022, no. 10

Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century

Katherine Hill

The Mennonite migrations from Ukraine to Kansas in 1874 transformed traditional tallgrass prairie for grain production.

Explorations in Environmental History