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On Being Edgy: The Potential of Parklands and Justice in the Global South
This article assesses the impact of Jane Carruthers’ seminal book The Kruger National Park.
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Adventures in Gondwana: Science in the South
This article looks at how scientific theories—in particular those of South African statesman Jan Smuts—sought to reorient the position of Africa in a global, historic hierarchy.
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Biography and Scientific Endeavour
This article looks at how environmental life histories have been used for particular purposes.
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How to Read a Bridge
In this short article, Rob Nixon reflects on a visit to South Africa and the relationship of the various kinds of inequality present in societies.
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Constructing and De-constructing Communities: Tales of Urban Injustice and Resistance in Brazil and South Africa
This article considers the parallels between the community of Lady Selborne, a township near Pretoria, South Africa, and the neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of God) in Rio de Janeiro.
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Dangerous Territory: The Contested Space Between Imperial Conservation and Environmental Justice
This article looks at romantic and critical narratives around protected areas, and highlights how Jane Carruthers’ writing refuses to embrace either.
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Environmental History with an African Edge
With an emphasis on national parks, this article examines the kinds of environmental edges particular to South Africa and to Africa more generally.
