Mandy Martin’s Artistic Explorations
In this article, Jane Carruthers outline the merits of Mandy Martin’s artwork and the nature of her projects.
In this article, Jane Carruthers outline the merits of Mandy Martin’s artwork and the nature of her projects.
This article looks at whether biocultural diversity be developed as a more totalising idea that is useful for historians.
This article discusses the resonances between animal territoriality and geopolitical borders.
This article looks at how scientific theories—in particular those of South African statesman Jan Smuts—sought to reorient the position of Africa in a global, historic hierarchy.
This article looks at how environmental life histories have been used for particular purposes.
In this short article, Rob Nixon reflects on a visit to South Africa and the relationship of the various kinds of inequality present in societies.
This article considers the parallels between the community of Lady Selborne, a township near Pretoria, South Africa, and the neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of God) in Rio de Janeiro.
This article looks at romantic and critical narratives around protected areas, and highlights how Jane Carruthers’ writing refuses to embrace either.
This article argues in favour of “audacity”: employing the practice of history fully to tell a complex story involving conservation science.
This article looks at the discovery and storming of the Americas in relation to narratives of sustainability.