The Crisis of Environmental Narrative in the Anthropocene
DeB. Richter addresses the problem with declensionist narratives of the environment, proposing the Georgic narrative as a valuable alternative.
ecocriticism
Imagining Geological Agency: Storytelling in the Anthropocene
Weik von Mossner looks at how we currently tell stories about global environmental change and human agency in the Anthropocene, the limitations of such narratives, and how consumers of these narratives are affected by them.
"Re-Thinking Nature: Towards an Eco-Pluralism"
In his paper, Patrick Curry argues in favor of a “relational pluralism,” which provides the basis of a better alternative—ecopluralism—which, properly understood, is necessarily both ecocentric and pluralist.
Minding the Gap: Working Across Disciplines in Environmental Studies
About this issue
This volume of RCC Perspectives considers what it means to work across disciplines in environmental studies and how such projects can best be realized.
Content
"Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres (1991) and Archival Reimaginations of Eco-Cosmopolitanism"
This article blurs the boundaries of literature, agriculture, public history, grassroots political activism, and public policymaking in order to problematize the current eco-cosmopolitan trajectory of ecocritical theory.
The Contribution of Cartoonists to Environmental Debates in Nigeria: The Koko Toxic-Waste-Dumping Incident
This paper focuses on the 1987 to 1988 dumping of hazardous industrial waste in Koko, Nigeria. The paper critically analyzes the number, content, and contexts of cartoons that covered the toxic-waste dumping.
Converging Stories: Race, Ecology, and Environmental Justice in American Literature
By looking at works by Native Americans, African Americans, European Americans, and others, and by considering forms of literature beyond the traditional nature essay, Myers expands our conceptions of environmental writing and environmental justice.
NIES/SIGTUNA, Stockholm/Uppsala, Sweden
The first in a projected series of video installations that seeks to explore the environmental humanities as a scholarly domain of growing significance.
Daniel Philippon on "The Sustainable Food Movement"
Daniel Philippon, Carson Fellow September 2011 to February 2012, talks about his research on the sustainable food movement.
Anne Milne on "British Eighteenth-Century Laboring-Class Poets"
Ecocritic Anne Milne, Carson Fellow from January 2010 to July 2011, talks about her research project concerning British eighteenth-century laboring-class poets.