Olfactory Worldmaking
In this book, author and cultural historian Hsu. L. Hsuan investigates olfactory experience to offer new ways of relating, challenging the extractive logics of racial and colonial capitalism.
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The Multiple Faces of Riskiness
Diana Mincyte analyzes how post-socialist risk discourses in Eastern Europe deflected attention from systemic upheaval, legitimizing capitalism while obscuring structural causes.
“Handling Heat: A Conversation with Elspeth Oppermann”
Daniel Dumas interviews Elspeth Oppermann on handling heat in a changing climate, with a focus on how heat affects work environments.
“‘Everybody Talks About the Weather’”
The surprising career of the advertising slogan “everybody talks about the weather” is a story about political transformation.
“The Place of the Moon”
Explore the Moon, the world, and the self in a lyrical essay with author Christopher Cokinos.
“The Value of Fragments: Making a Hotspot in Mount Nimba, Liberia”
Emmanuelle Roth and Gregg Mitman write about how capitalism fragments nature to create value. Such fragments can precipitate biodiversity loss.
“Seeing with a Forager’s Eye: A Conversation with Martin Saxer”
Martin Saxer introduces his project “Foraging at the Edge of Capitalism” detailing how his team works and what foraging means to them.
The Becoming of Single Use: The Institutionalization of Disposables during the Twentieth Century in Sweden
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation
This book examines how the unruly Mississippi River and its muddy delta shaped the people, culture, and governance of the region.
“Pragas, patógenos e plantas na história dos sistemas agroecológicos” [Pest crops, pathogens, and plants in the history of agroecological systems]
This article addresses the deep history of pest crops and plant diseases in historical agriculture development.