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(A)synchronicities | Wetland Times
The fifth chapter of “Wetland Times,” “(A)synchronicities.”
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Tuberculosis in Echuca, and the Therapeutic Migration to Southeastern Australia (1889–1908)
In the nineteenth century, tuberculous individuals could travel from Europe to Echuca, Australia, in search of a cure.
Multimedia | journal
Earth First! A Citizen’s Guide to the U.S. Forest Service: Managing for Extinction
This Earth First! tabloid describes negative impacts of the U.S. Forest Service on national forests. Topics include reform proposals for the USFS, the role of deep ecology, the destruction of eco-systems across the U.S., abuse of Native American cultural heritage, and a call for the protection of national forests.
Multimedia | book, full-text
Moving Natures: Mobility and the Environment in Canadian History
This collection highlights three quintessentially Canadian themes: seasonality, links between mobility and natural resource development, and urbanites’ experiences of the environment through mobility. It divides the intersection of environmental and mobility history into two approaches. The chapters in the first section deal primarily with the construction and productive use of mobility technologies and infrastructure, as well as their environmental constraints and consequences. The chapters in the second section focus on consumers’ uses of those vehicles and pathways: on pleasure travel, tourism, and recreational mobility.
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Plague, Paleogenetics, and the Boundaries of the Discipline of History
This article examines the implications of the discussions surrounding the Justinianic Plague for the discipline of history.
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Wegener Diaries - Exhibition Overview-v1 | Wegener Diaries
In this online exhibition, historian Christian Kehrt describes how polar researcher Alfred Wegener (1880–1930) focused on gaining detailed knowledge about the origins of Greenland’s weather and climate conditions and the dynamics of its ice sheet. His expedition diaries, which are at the core of this online exhibition, are a crucial document for anyone interested in the history polar expedition. His dense and well-preserved diaries allow for a detailed look into everyday life, continuities, and changes in polar exploration in the first half of the twentieth century.
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How the Arctic Became White: Victorian Explorers and the Erasure of Botany in the Canadian Arctic
Explorers of the Canadian Arctic misrepresented the land as a snowscape while tundra plants were simultaneously collected for botanic collections.
Multimedia | film profile
Black Ice: The Story of the Greenpeace Arctic 30
This film recounts the story of activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic 30. Protesting against the first oil drilling in the Arctic ocean, they were jailed by Russia and charged with piracy and hooliganism, sparking a bitter international dispute.
Multimedia | film profile
Patagonia Rising. A Frontier Story of Water and Power
Patagonia Rising gives voice to the Gauchos, a frontier people dependent on the Baker and Pascua river systems, who are caught in the struggle between Chile’s pro-dam business sector, clean energy proponents and the country’s rising energy demand.
Multimedia | podcast
“Can Forest Gardens Save the Rainforest, Ulrike Prinz?”
This podcast discusses linalool extraction from rosewood grown in the Amazon rainforest.