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RCC Perspectives

The online journal publishes provocative, less formal pieces related to the Rachel Carson Center's environment and society research themes.
Issue 2020/3

Strata and Three Stories

By Julia Adeney Thomas and Jan Zalasiewicz

This volume addresses our understanding of the Anthropocene and its challenges, and suggests that multidisciplinarity and storytelling play key roles in devising resilient solutions.

Issue 2020/2

Storytelling and Environmental History: Experiences from Germany and Italy

Edited by Roberta Biasillo and Claudio de Majo

Through a combination of memory, experience, and archival research, this volume explores the connection between storytelling and the writing of environmental histories in Germany and Italy.

Issue 2020/2

Le Storie della Storia Ambientale: Esperienze da Germania e Italia

A cura di Roberta Biasillo e Claudio de Majo

Combinando memoria, esperienza e ricerca d’archivio, questo volume esplora la connessione tra lo storytelling e la storia ambientale in Germania e in Italia.

Issue 2020/1

Women and Energy

Edited by Abigail Harrison Moore and Ruth Sandwell

This volume of Perspectives offers a collection of largely untold stories that demonstrate women’s agency in energy transitions.

Issue 2019/6

New Histories of Pacific Whaling – Revised Edition

Edited by Ryan Tucker Jones and Angela Wanhalla

This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.

Issue 2019/5

New Histories of Pacific Whaling

Edited by Ryan Tucker Jones and Angela Wanhalla

This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.

Issue 2019/4

Communicating the Climate: From Knowing Change to Changing Knowledge

Edited by Katrin Kleemann and Jeroen Oomen

This volume explores the question of whether science should be centered in climate-change communication.

Issue 2019/3

The Reverse of the Sublime: Dilemmas (and Resources) of the Anthropocene Garden

by Serenella Iovino

Serenella Iovino uses the garden as a lens to analyze the impacts of old and new forms of aestheticizing nature on the geology of our planet.

Issue 2019/2

Energizing the Spaces of Everyday Life: Learning from the Past for a Sustainable Future

Edited by Vanessa Taylor and Heather Chappells

This volume of Perspectives offers case studies of energy transitions within everyday environments over the last two centuries, from Europe to South Asia, to North and Latin America.

Issue 2019/1

Slow Hope: Rethinking Ecologies of Crisis and Fear

by Christof Mauch

This essay explores the possibility of “slow hope” for positive environmental change.

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About RCC Perspectives

RCC Perspectives is an open-access publication that exists to record and reflect the activities of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. The journal was rebranded in 2016 as RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society. It provides a forum for examining the interrelationship between environmental and social changes and is designed to inspire new perspectives on humanity and the wider world. RCC Perspectives aims to bridge the gap between scholarly and non-scholarly audiences and encourage international dialogue.

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The Perspectives Team

Published from 2010 to 2020, the series editors of RCC Perspectives were RCC Directors Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler. The former editing team consisted of Harriet Windley and Kristy Henderson. Katie Ritson served as co-series editor and managing editor for many years alongside former editors Brenda Black, Stephanie Hood, Hannah Roberson, and Samantha Rothbart.

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The Environment & Society Portal is a project of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum. The center is supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Read more about the Portal in English and in German.
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