Perspectives
Communicating the Climate: From Knowing Change to Changing Knowledge
This volume explores the question of whether science should be centered in climate-change communication.
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Between Science and the Expertise of the Elders
Brill explores the relationship between “Science” and “the sciences”, and the political potential of the two, in the context of research cooperations involving indigenous groups.
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Let's Say It in Their Own Words
Martinez emphasizes the importance of adapting climate communication strategies to local situations.
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New Histories of Pacific Whaling
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Arcadia
The Beavercene: Eradication and Settler-Colonialism in Tierra del Fuego
Once introduced to promote the fur industry, beavers in Tierra del Fuego are now deemed an invasive population to be eradicated.
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“Beyond Nonpartisan Discourses: Radical Knowledge for Extreme Times.”
This article discusses the limits of warnings issued by scientists and what is needed for actual change.
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New Histories of Pacific Whaling – Revised Edition
This volume provides new histories of Pacific whaling from untold perspectives.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Kristina Lyons, author of Vital Decomposition: Soil Practitioners and Life Politics
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Kristina M. Lyons is interviewed on her new book, Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics.
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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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Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.