"Man and the Natural World: Reflections on History and Anthropology"
The efforts of both anthropologists and historians have been weakened by a failure to take into account what the other half were doing…
The efforts of both anthropologists and historians have been weakened by a failure to take into account what the other half were doing…
Examines the cultural history of English explorations of Earth’s polar regions.
In his work, Francaviglia proposes “to tell the story of how the Great Basin’s environment resonates in the spiritual lives of all its people”.
The book explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron’s film Avatar (2010).
Bron Taylor examines the evolution of “green religions” in North America and beyond.
This article presents findings from an interdisciplinary study of the Loma Salvatierra archaeological site, which contribute to the discussion about the origins of venereal syphilis by further clarifying a likely origin and route of transmission of syphilis from the Old World to the New.
In his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Pope Francis invokes all humans, believers and non-believers alike, to work together to save the earth from environmental degradation and create a fair and sustainable future for all.
The Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) promotes interdisciplinary environmental studies, especially work in the environmental humanities. The network is supported by NordForsk, and is based in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
In the context of current concerns within the environmental humanities to challenge the idea that humans are somehow irreducible to nature, the authors in this article take up the much-neglected history of the idea of human exceptionality itself, arguing that this form of humanist discourse often forgets its own contingencies and instabilities, and its comprehensively violent inheritances.
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson investigates the impact of climate fiction on American readers through a qualitative survey, and assesses the results based on concepts borrowed from ecocriticism, environmental psychology, and environmental communication.