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In Praise of In- and Ill-Disciplinarity, Hybrid Vigor, and Porosity
This reflection illustrates how inter- and transdisciplinarity in the environmental humanities can operate in a transformative way.
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Critique, Practice, and Ecologies of the Future: A Vision for Environmental Studies in the Humanities
In his essay, Edward Murphy encourages scholars of environmental studies to move beyond traditional confines of academic specialization and fragmentation.
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Can Environmental Humanities Help Make a Better World?
In this piece, Paul Holm reflects on the relevance of environmental-humanities research in addressing contemporary environmental challenges.
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A Dialogue on Form, Knowledge, and Representation
Gregg Mitman and Rob Nixon challenge the rigidity of disciplinary boundaries, which restrict alternative ways of knowing the world.
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The American Animal Welfare Movement and Pacific Whaling
Lissa Wadewitz juxtaposes the American animal welfare movement with American whaling crews.
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Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth- Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
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Māori Women in Southern New Zealand’s Shore-Whaling World
Kate Stevens and Angela Wanhalla explore the role of Māori women in nineteenth-century shore-whaling.
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Newspaper Stories Promoting Local Nineteenth-Century Shore-Based Whaling in Hawaiian Waters
Susan A. Lebo analyzes three decades of newspaper articles reporting whaling in Hawaiian waters from the 1840s.
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Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.
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Whaling at the Margins: Drift Whales, Ainu Laborers, and the Japanese State on the Nineteenth- Century Okhotsk Coast
Noell Wilson details Japanese attempts to integrate modern-day Hokkaido into the Tokugawa political sphere via drift-whale policy.