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“A Different Story in the Anthropocene: Brazil’s Post-Colonial Quest for Oil (1930–1975)”
In this article, Antoine Acker provides a different perspective on the Anthropocene.
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"Thinking About Inheritance Through the Figure of the Anthropocene, from the Antipodes and in the Presence of Others"
In this article for a special section on “Inheriting the Ecological Legacies of Settler Colonialism,” Lesley Instone and Affrica Taylor engage with the figure of the Anthropocene as the impetus for rethinking the messy environmental legacies of Australian settler colonialism.
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"Inorganic Becomings: Situating the Anthropocene in Puchuncaví"
The authors detail their experience of Puchuncavi, the largest, oldest, and most polluting industrial area in Chile. They approach it from a multidisciplinary viewpoint as an experience of the Anthropocene and advocate for an enhanced pedagogy of care born of our inherited pasts and of engagement, interest, and becoming as response-ability.
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“The Isthmus of Panama and the Knowledge Anthropocene”
In this Springs article, historian Paul S. Sutter considers the “Knowledge Anthropocene” as well as deep time in George Perkins Marsh’s understanding of the construction of Panama’s Darién canal.
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“Towards a Modern History of Gondwanaland”
This article explores Gondwanaland’s modern history, its unexpected political and cultural purchase since the 1880s.
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“Dune(s): Fiction, History, and Science on the Oregon Coast”
What connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering?
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"Remembering the Elizabeth Bay Reclamation and the Holocene Sunset in Sydney Harbour"
Denis Byrne explores the 1880s reclamation of the Elizabeth Bay in Sydney Harbour, encountering historical influences such as sandstone wall constructions, buried objects, and colonial narratives. He argues in this article that archaeology has a role to play in bringing reclamations and other aspects of the Anthropocene into view.