“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.
mining
Dreams of Optimizing the Ocean: The 1970 Deepsea Ventures Mining Test and Artificial Upwelling
Arcadia, Spring 2024, no. 2
Hydroelectric Power and the Ashio Copper Mine
Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 17
Visions of a Nuclear Apocalypse: Notions of Nature in the 1970s Antinuclear Movement
Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 9
The Struggle for Air: Mining, Dust, and Death on the South African Rand
Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 6
Interview with Rocio Gomez, author of Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Rocio Gomez is interviewed on her book, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946.
“The battle of geological experts”: Water Flow and Tunneling within a Welsh Mountain
Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 14
Mining and Environmental Destruction in Minas Gerais: A Historical Comparison
Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 6
Suolo e sottosuolo del colonialismo italiano: esperienze di spaesamento storico
Roberta Biasillo propone alcuni spunti di riflessione sul colonialismo italiano in Africa a partire da fotografie e oggetti conservati negli archivi italiani.
(Under) Grounding Italian Colonialism: Practices of Historical Displacement
Roberta Biasillo traces Italy’s colonial engagements in Africa through a reflection sources uncovered in the Italian archives.