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“In the Teeth of History: Dental Decay in the Longue Durée”
Frank Zelko dives into the history of teeth and shows that today’s teeth are the product of centuries of biocultural evolution.
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Multimedia | interviews and talks
“Dismantling the Machine: Modern Technology as Magic”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Alf Hornborg.
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“Rivers as Battlefields: Ukraine’s Dnipro”
Ukraine’s Dnipro River and nearby inhabitants have lived through brute-force environmental change and war over the last century.
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“Ecological Constitutionalism: A Necessity”
In view of the escalating environmental crisis, the democratic states of the Global North must ecologically transform their social and constitutional orders.
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“Adventures in Mockstitutions”
Jenny Price argues the efficacy of alt-institution public art projects for environmental humanities practitioners and uses examples from her own practice and beyond.
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“Chicago’s Temple of Steel: South Works since 1882”
In this Springs article, historian J. R. McNeill considers Chicago’s steel industry both past and present, and the history of the land.
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“The Limits to Growth and the Future of Humanity”
Dennis L. Meadows on the Future of our Planet.
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“Cities by the Sea: A Tale of Qingdao and Los Angeles”
In this Springs article, environmental historian Shen Hou considers the shore lives of both Qingdao and Los Angeles.
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“Ecological Civilization”
In this Springs article, environmental historian Donald Worster delves into the material events behind cultural imaginaries in China, while asking for an ecological civilization. “Can humans learn, by subordinating their appetites to their brains, how to live on this earth intelligently and ethically?”
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“A World Parliament of Rivers”
Rita Brara and María Valeria Berros argue for the importance of a legal recognition of rivers. “What we want for rivers now is an institution that can be entrusted with their environmental protection on a global scale.”