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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
A biography of American scientist and popular ecology writer, Rachel Carson.
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"'Without Evidence, There Is No Answer': Uncertainty and Scientific Ethos in the Silent Spring[s] of Rachel Carson"
Walker focuses on uncertainty as a boundary device that shapes scientific ethos in crucial ways and negotiates a relationship between technical science and public deliberation.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
“How Tuna Shaped Oceanography”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Carmel Finley.
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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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Fund for Wild Nature: "1995 Annual Report"
In this 1995 annual report, the Fund for Wild Nature focuses on current anti-environmental politics and the skirting of environmental laws. The purpose of the fund, its funding guidelines, areas of support, and grant projects are laid out. Their intent is to foster connections among diverse groups with the underlying philosophy of Deep Ecology.
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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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“The World as a Wardian Case”
In this article, historian Kate Brown considers the connections between plants, biospheres, and the politics of breathing. “What can the history of controlled environments tell us,” she asks, “about how we understand the planet today?”
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About the Exhibition | A 360º Visual Journey
In this exhibition, ENHANCE ITN doctoral researchers showcase short virtual reality video installations that emerged out of their own empirical and ethnographic fieldwork. The videos work by tracking, rendering, and displaying full-field visual, sonic, and tactile data in a context in which the viewer has full control and is empowered to decide what to look at, listen to, and feel—or which story to experience.
Multimedia | Env. blogs & websites
Seeing the Woods
Seeing the Woods is the official blog of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
Lawrence Culver on “Manifest Disaster”
Lawrence Culver, Carson Center fellow from June to December 2010, speaks about his research project “Manifest Disaster: Climate and the Making of America.”