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The Polluted Past of the Whaling Town Hachinohe
The Japanese port city Hachinohe plans to reintroduce commercial whaling, but the city’s troubled past challenges the official narrative.
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Problematic Postage: Canada’s Claim to the Arctic through a Postage Stamp
In 1955, the Canadian Post Office Department issues a stamp to highlight its effective occupation of the High Arctic.
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Hydroelectric Power and Anishinaabe Diets: What Oral Testimony Suggests About Managing Food (In)Security on Reserve
This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.
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Xunáan Kab Rhythms: Native Bees and Ecological Change in Yucatan, Mexico
This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.
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The Distant Roots of Beijing’s Palaces
Beijing’s huge palaces rest on giant timbers logged in the far reaches of southwestern China, a project with disastrous implications.
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The Remarkable Ray of Dublin’s Ringsend
On the common stingray and its longstanding place in the diet, health, and lives of people in Ringsend, Ireland.
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The Natural Ice Factory at Røsneshamn, Norway: How to Compete with Big-Tech by Using Nature
This article looks at how a fossil-fuel-based artificial ice producer challenged a competitor using renewable and sustainable resources.
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The Enemy is Nature: Military Machines and Technological Bricolage in Britain’s “Great Agricultural Experiment”
Cobbled-together machines are turned loose on nature in a desperate bid to coax peanuts from the soils of Tanganyika Territory.
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Humans and Other Pollinators in the Oil Palm Plantation Complex
Humans have a long history of meddling in the oil palm’s sex life.
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Revealing the “Almerian Miracle”: Materiality of the Agrarian Modernization in the Campo de Dalías
A reflection on the relevance of materialities in the history of the “Plastic Sea” of Almería.