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Yuyos
This film is an audio-visual ethnographic project lived together with the peasant family Franco Gauto, in Colonia Luz Bella, rural Paraguay.
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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.
Perspectives Article
Searching for Gigi: Captivity, Culture, and the Pacific Coast’s Embrace of Gray Whales
Jason Colby explores the role of one female gray whale in shaping human perceptions of her species and their status in the wild.
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Pandemics in Context
What can we learn from human responses to epidemics and pandemics in history? What insights can ecological and environmental humanities perspectives provide? This new and growing collection of annotated links to open-access media (analyses, primary sources, and digital resources) helps put pandemics in context.
Arcadia
Recollecting the “prodotti vegetali” of the Natural History Museum, University of Florence
This article briefly retraces the history of a Florentine botanical museum as a reflection of changes in people-plant relations.
Arcadia
Histories of Central Himalayan Herbs: Vanaspati Karyalaya in Tehri Princely State c. 1879–1950
When the mystical marketing of Himalayan medicines elides the social and ecological worlds of Himalayan meadows.
Arcadia
The Search for George DeBaptiste’s House: The Crooked Creek Flood of 1846
Could the Crooked Creek Flood of 1846 be the reason we cannot find George DeBaptiste’s house?
Exhibition chapter
Ismaning Reservoir | Ecopolis München 2019
Ismaning Reservoir: A Wastewater Lake changes its Feathers? At the Ismaning Reservoir, approximately an hour by bike northeast of Marienplatz, the interplay between humans and nature is evident. It is not possible to swim in the lake. But it does more than just store water for Munich’s power generation facilities. It also provides a habitat for many species.
Exhibition chapter
Werksviertel-Mitte | Ecopolis München 2019
Werksviertel-Mitte: A Showcase for Nature in the Ostbahnhof Neighborhood? In the Werksviertel the urban future of Munich is being reinvented. The development of the former industrial district is based on a social vision: inclusion and bringing together diverse elements. The Werksviertel has a rich history, and the plans for the future are ambitious. Is it possible to find a successful balance between past and future, between city and nature?
Exhibition chapter
The Belly of the City | Ecopolis München 2019
The Belly of the City: What lies hidden deep within Munich? Although in many other cities the central slaughterhouses have long since been shut down, animals are still butchered in the middle of Munich even today.