Our Bodies, Our Planet: A Parasite’s History of Us
Excerpt from Our Bodies, Our Planet: A Parasite’s History of Us by Marcus Hall.
Ocean Swimming as Eco-Meditation
A reflection on swimming by Steve Mentz.
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Ocean Swimming as Eco-Meditation
Once Upon a Dune: Coastal (Hi)Stories
In April 2024, during a workshop at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, specialists from different countries and backgrounds talked about dunes. In addition to the scientific topics presented, we discussed how to make our work more compelling and accessible to a wider audience. We wanted to share our plural views on coastal issues and the importance of taking this diversity into account when managing for the future, because beaches are made up of sea and sand, but also of people’s expectations and choices. This exhibition is our way to do this. Each of us has chosen an image/object that represents our personal connection with the coast. We do not want to present results or conclusions; as in a museum or art gallery, it is up to you to find meaning and to write your own script based on your impressions.
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“The Unbearable Weight of Displaced Weather”
Human geographer Mike Hulme looks at sociotechnical developments that have changed the climate and, at the same time, the way we experience the weather.
“Organic Farming in Thailand: A Conversation with Judith Bopp”
Anthropologist and STS scholar Mascha Gugganig and cultural geographer Judith Bopp discuss “Organic Farming in Thailand” and prevailing narratives about agriculture.
“‘Bats Who Harm’ and ‘Bats Who May Be Harmed’: The Interspecies Politics of Virus Sampling”
This manuscript adopts an interspecies perspective on the One Health laboratory and argues that scientific care for sampled bats may cement hierarchies, with consequences for samplers and animals.
“A Virus in the Forest: Yellow Fever, West Africa, and the Remaking of Alliances Among Living Things, 1900–1950”
Draft of a Gregg Mitman’s contribution to the book Rural Disease Knowledge: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives (Routledge, 2024).
“Researching the Ebola Reservoir with the Heuristic of the Fetish in Guinea”
Through exploring virology research and its dangers in post-Ebola Guinea, this article argues that the hypothesis of a bat reservoir has taken on a heuristic role that can be compared to the way that a fetish polarizes relations between the people who manipulate and fear this idea.
“Ecotone Scholarship and Structural Change”
A reflection on cross-disciplinary scholarship in environmental history.
“One Health with Nina Jamal”
In this episode of The Animal Turn, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks One Health with Nina Jamal of Four Paws.
“Biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe”
In this episode of The Animal Turn, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks biosecurity with human geographer Steve Hinchliffe.