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Explorations in Environmental History

Arcadia is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for short, engaging environmental histories.
Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 24

“Is This a Society of Humans or of Dogs?”: The Issue of Roaming Dogs in Nineteenth-Century Athens

by
Iosif Botetzagias

In Athens, 1886, an unprecedented debate took place concerning the poisoning of roaming dogs.

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 23

“Too Much Loose Sand”: Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland

by
Claire Connolly, Ailbhe McDaid, and James L. Smith

An exploration of Colm Tóibín’s literary responses to the coastal erosion of Ireland’s County Wexford.

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 22

Historic Lake Level Variability and Current Disasters on the Shores of Lake Tanganyika

by
Philip Gooding

A historically grounded interpretation of Lake Tanganyika’s rising lake waters shows that global warming presents just one of many challenges facing the region.

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 21

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad: Animals Return to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

by
Robert Jacobs

How we project our own fantasies onto animals in Chernobyl depends on if they are what animals we have in mind.

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 20

A More-than-Human Viewpoint on the History of a “Peruvian” Disease

by
José Ignacio Mogrovejo

A disease that is now a national symbol of Peru’s medical achievements is the result of a tiny sandfly

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 19

Axes on the Ground: Wolves and Women on the North American Frontier

by
Caroline Abbott

How did gendered evolutions of European lupine folklore impact settler conceptions of boundaries between the human and nonhuman?

Arcadia, Autumn 2023, no. 18

Constructing Postconflict Memoryscapes: From Narratives of Division to Coexistence

by
Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Jovana Diković

The process of defining Kosovo’s postconflict landscape amplifies narratives of division and marginalizes memories of cooperation.

Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 17

Hydroelectric Power and the Ashio Copper Mine

by
James Morris

This article explores the history and effects of the (hydro)electrification of the Ashio Copper Mine.

Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 16

Different Ways of Thinking Globally: The Unlikely Return of the Noosphere in Russian Environmental Discourses

by
Victoria Myznikova

What role does Vernadsky’s concept of the noosphere plays in contemporary Russian environmental legislation and green economy discourses?

Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 15

Drimys winteri: Circulation of Environmental Ignorance in European Written Sources (1578–1776)

by
Matteo Sartori and Julia Prakofjewa

The article explores the circulation of environmental ignorance on Drimys winteri in European written sources in 1578–1776.

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About Arcadia

Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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