Arcadia

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 39

The Distant Roots of Beijing’s Palaces

Ian M. Miller

Beijing’s huge palaces rest on giant timbers logged in the far reaches of southwestern China, a project with disastrous implications.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 38

Science in the Time of the Plague: Jakob Gråberg and the Moroccan Plague Epidemic of 1818–20

Emil Kaukonen

This article explores Swedish consular secretary Jakob Gråberg’s writings on the plague in Morocco in 1819.

Arcadia, Autumn 2020, no. 37

La Muxatena: A Sacred Rock Formation at the Heart of an Indigenous Social Movement for Environmental Rights

Sam Orndorff

Indigenous groups in Nayarit, Mexico, reaffirmed their sacred environmental sites through social movement.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 36

Xunáan Kab Rhythms: Native Bees and Ecological Change in Yucatan, Mexico

Olea Morris

This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 35

The Empire, the Naturalist, and the Countryside: Biological Science in Colonial Hong Kong

Leo Chu

Geoffrey Herklots’ ambition to promote biology in interwar Hong Kong reflects the geopolitics of the British Empire.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 34

Flood Levels and Borderlines: Livestock Farming and Evictions Resistance at the !Garib/Orange River in Southern Africa

Luregn Lenggenhager and Andrea Rosengarten

A farmer on the !Garib/Orange river in Namibia uses historical flood markers to challenge eviction in the post-apartheid landscape.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 33

Hydroelectric Power and Anishinaabe Diets: What Oral Testimony Suggests About Managing Food (In)Security on Reserve

Samantha Mehltretter, Brittany Luby, and Andrea Bradford

This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 32

Voices of the Peace

Elisabeth Fajt

The hydroelectric dam “Site C” impacts not only the local environment but also the everyday life of indigenous groups.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 31

The Trees of Tavrichesky Garden: Forgotten Actors in the Politics of Cultural Landscape

Lewis Purcell

This case in St. Petersburg, Russia, proves vegetation to be an actor in state politics of cultural landscapes.

Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 30

Plague, Paleogenetics, and the Boundaries of the Discipline of History

Lee Mordechai and Merle Eisenberg

This article examines the implications of the discussions surrounding the Justinianic Plague for the discipline of history.

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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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