Border Flows: A Century of the Canadian-American Water Relationship
Excerpt from Border Flows, an anthology edited by Lynne Heasley and Daniel Macfarlane.
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“Ocean Literacy and Public Humanities”
In this article, former Rachel Carson Center fellow Helen Rozwadowski argues that the humanities can and should contribute to ocean studies.
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Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans
Excerpt from former Rachel Carson Center fellow Helen Rozwadowski’s book Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans.
"Introduction: Toxic Embodiment and Feminist Environmental Humanities"
In this introduction to a special section on toxic embodiment, Olga Cielemęcka and Cecilia Åsberg examine variously situated bodies, land- and waterscapes, and their naturalcultural interactions with toxicity.
The American Animal Welfare Movement and Pacific Whaling
Lissa Wadewitz juxtaposes the American animal welfare movement with American whaling crews.
Oil, Spermaceti, Ambergris, and Teeth: Products of the Nineteenth- Century Pacific Sperm-Whaling Industry
Nancy Shoemaker considers the four main products harvested in the nineteenth-century sperm whale trade.
Māori Women in Southern New Zealand’s Shore-Whaling World
Kate Stevens and Angela Wanhalla explore the role of Māori women in nineteenth-century shore-whaling.
Newspaper Stories Promoting Local Nineteenth-Century Shore-Based Whaling in Hawaiian Waters
Susan A. Lebo analyzes three decades of newspaper articles reporting whaling in Hawaiian waters from the 1840s.
Whaling, Tabua, and Cokanauto
Vicki Luker details the important role played by tabua—or whales’ teeth—in Fijian history.