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The Neo-Materialist Flip

by Timothy LeCain

Timothy LeCain outlines his shift from viewing technology as a departure from nature to understanding humans as materially embedded within it.

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A History of Flowing Water

by Eva Jakobssen

Eva Jakobsson examines her intellectual development in environmental history through a focus on water systems and hydropower.

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Place, Time, and Me

by Franz-Josef Brüggemeier

Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.

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Lucky Forks

by Edmund Russell

Edmund Russell recounts his interdisciplinary approach to environmental history, combining biology and historical analysis.

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Against Discipline

by Anthony Carrigan

Anthony Carrigan reflects on his resistance to conventional academic structures and his turn towards literature and environmental humanities.

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The I in Interdisciplinary Studies

by Cheryl Lousley

Cheryl Lousley examines the role of interdisciplinarity in environmental studies, emphasizing its necessity for addressing complex ecological problems.

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Cultural Encounters in the Name of Biology

by Eunice Blavascunas

Eunice Blavascunas explores the environmental history and ethnography of the Białowieża Forest, highlighting the roles of biologists, foresters, and peasant farmers in shaping the forest’s ecology and administrative structures.

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