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Explorations in Environmental History

Arcadia is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for short, engaging environmental histories.
Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 13

Unwelcome but Dear: Poplar Trees in Northern Kazakhstan’s Post-Soviet Cityscapes

by
Zhanna Baimukhamedova

The environmental and imaginative significance of poplar trees in post-Soviet cities of Northern Kazakhstan.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 12

Locust Infestations and Marginalized Communities in Colonial Western India in the Nineteenth Century

by
Pallavi Das and Vineet K. Giri

This article explores the impact of colonialism upon the marginalized communities of Bombay Presidency via the history of locust outbreaks.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 11

The Enemy is Nature: Military Machines and Technological Bricolage in Britain’s “Great Agricultural Experiment”

by
Martin Mahony

Cobbled-together machines are turned loose on nature in a desperate bid to coax peanuts from the soils of Tanganyika Territory.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 10

Becoming a Virgin Forest: From Remote Sensing to Erasing Environmental History

by
George Iordăchescu

As virgin forests become carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots, their coproduced history is consigned to oblivion.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 9

Sandpipers and the Art of Letting Go: Narratives of Conservation in the Wadden Sea

by
Eveline de Smalen

How birds and poetry reacquaint us with an awareness of history and feelings of loss in Anthropocene nature reserves.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 8

Humans and Other Pollinators in the Oil Palm Plantation Complex

by
Jonathan Robins

Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 7

Memories from the Disaster in 2004 of the Ship Vicuña

by
Priscila Onório Figueira

The ship accident of Vicuña is considered one of the biggest disasters that occurred on the Brazilian coast of Paraná, Brazil.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 6

Mining and Environmental Destruction in Minas Gerais: A Historical Comparison

by
Carolina Capanema

Historical documents indicate that the disasters caused by mining in Brazil are a reality since the eighteenth century.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 5

Rat Tech: Transforming Rodents into Technology in Tanzania

by
Jia Hui Lee

In Tanzania, those who consider rats technology envision nature as being transformed through social practices that rework environmental histories.

Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 4

“A healthy mountainous island surrounded by a sea of malaria”: Ecology and War in the Caucasus

by
Marin Coudreau

A case study of the effects of malaria in the Caucasus across the revolutionary divide of 1917.

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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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Coastal History
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Diseases and Pests in History
Global Environmental Movements
Histories across Species
National Parks in Time and Space
The Nature State
Notions and Nature
Religion and Place
Rights of Nature Recognition
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