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Defining Wilderness—Japanese | Wilderness Babel
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Natasha Yamamoto, looks at how wilderness may be expressed and understood in Japanese.
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Erämaa—Finnish | Wilderness Babel
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Mikko Saikku, explores central concepts for understanding the traditional Finnish relationship with nature and use of natural resources.
Arcadia
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Novaya Zemlya
Polar bears invade Russian archipelago and town in Novaya Zemlya, northern Russia.
Arcadia
Rya Forest Nature Reserve: A Case of Preservation, Conflicts, and Unwanted Rewilding
Rya Forest is a nature reserve in Gothenburg, Sweden, and historically an area of both appreciation and conflict.
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Salvatge, verge, erm, and silvestre—Catalan | Wilderness Babel
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by master’s student Luis Fernández Fernández, highlights different adjectives that are used in Catalan to describe wilderness.
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Huāngyě—Chinese | Wilderness Babel
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Tina Tin, highlights different words that are used in Chinese to describe wilderness.
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Bundok—Filipino | Wilderness Babel
In this part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, historian Emily K. Brock writes about the Tagalog word bundok. The term translates literally as “mountain,” but its larger meaning as wilderness bears the inscription of global forces of war and empire.
Exhibition chapter
έρημος, ερημιά, and άγρια/παρθένα φύση—Greek | Wilderness Babel
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Iosif Botetzagias, looks at the meaning of “wilderness” in modern Greek.
Multimedia | book profile
West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands
Astrid M. Eckert’s West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Animals and Society in Brazil, from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
Excerpt from Animals and Society in Brazil, from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries.