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Triumphalism and Unruliness during the Construction of the Panama Canal
This paper considers the construction of the Panama Canal in order to analyze the confluence of imperialism, modernity, and environmental control.
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Perspectives Article
Rain, Rain, Come Again: Cherrapunji, the Rainiest Spot on Earth
This paper considers Cherrapunji, a sleep hilltop village in the remote northeastern frontier of India discovered through the colonial search for a cool place for European sensibilities.
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Wasser: Alltagsbedarf, Ingenieurskunst und Repräsentation zwischen Antike und Neuzeit
Wasser correlates the control of water supply with power in a comparative collection of articles on water in ancient, early modern, and modern states.
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Prevention or Poisoning? Dilemmas in Urban Rat Control
Effective strategies for rat control based on ecology were invented in Baltimore in the 1940s. The program, however, did not last.
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"Notes on Mineral Evolution: Life, Sentience, and the Anthropocene"
Paul Gillen explores the role of conscious human agency leading up to the Anthropocene, suggesting that the development of sentience in the Phanerozoic eon exerted an influence on the interaction of minerals and life.
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"Human Bycatch: Conservation Surveillance and the Social Implications of Camera Traps"
This study focuses on the social conflict arisen from the use of camera traps for conservation practices and the “human bycatch,” namely captured images of people occurring mostly unintentionally. The authors argue for the necessity of policy guidelines to counter possible repercussion on the use of the camera trap, which is recognized as a resourceful tool for wildlife monitoring and photography.
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"Interspecies Affection and Military Aims: Was There a Totalitarian Dog?"
Xenia Cherkaev and Elena Tipikina examine the institutions of the Stalinist state that planned the distribution, raising, and breeding of family dogs for military service. The investigate how the program affected human-dog relations.
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"What Is the Terroir of Synthetic Yeast?"
Erika Amethyst Szymanski investigates the impact of synthetic yeast, which is gaining ground in a variety of foodscapes, and reflects upon the meaning of Terroir that synthetic yeast brings about.
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"The Beaver Diaspora: A Thought Experiment"
The author attempts to reframe the classical distinction in conservation biology between native and invasive species by referring to migration and settlement of nonhuman beings as diasporas. She uses the introduction of Canadian beavers in Chilean Tierra del Fuego in 1947 as a case study.
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"Negotiating Environmental Deferalism: Dynamic Federalism as a Strategy for Good Governance"
Erin Ryan shares her work on negotiated federalism, exploring how good multiscalar governance is often the product of intergovernmental bargaining among decision makers at various levels of government.