Perspectives Article
Uranium Mining and the Environment in East and West Germany
Schramm compares the environmental impacts of uranium mining in East and West Germany.
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Multimedia | film profile
Wasser Unterm Hammer [H2O Up For Sale]
This film follows the results of water privatization in Germany and England.
Multimedia | film profile
Das Ding am Deich [The Thing at the Dike]
This film examines the life of a German town some decades after a nuclear plant inspired nationwide resistance.
Multimedia | journal article
"Fossilized Memory: The German-Russian Energy Partnership and the Production of Energo-political Knowledge"
This essay discusses methodological difficulties of the established concept of social memory for the analysis of energo-political discourse. It examines the case study of the German-Russian energy cooperation on the natural gas market which began with the discovery of the Urengoi gas field in 1966.
Multimedia | book profile
Driving Germany: The Landscape of the German Autobahn, 1930-1970
Driving Germany is an in-depth exploration of the relationship between environmental and trafiic history in Germany, set against the political and ideological background of National Socialism.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Der gezähmte Prometheus: Feuer und Sicherheit zwischen Früher Neuzeit und Moderne
Der gezähmte Prometheus traces large fire catastrophes and the rise of the insurance business from its beginnings in fifteenth century Europe to its boom in nineteenth century globalized metropoles across the world.
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Hausmüll: Abfall und Gesellschaft in Westdeutschland 1945–1990
Hausmüll documents the rise of a “new” environmental problem in post-war Germany, that of an increase in consumption and consequently a dramatic increase in waste.
Exhibition chapter
Munich from Below | Ecopolis München
Munich from Below: What Happens Underground?
Exhibition chapter
Beyond the Exhibition | Ecopolis München
What is Particular about Munich’s Environment?