“Seeds of Transformative Change”
In this essay, inaugural issue editors Steven Hartman and Serpil Oppermann introduce the new open-access journal Ecocene.
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“Has Economics Caught Up with Climate Science?”
Whereas scientific evidence points towards substantial and urgent reduction in greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions, economic analysis of climate change seems to be out of sync by indicating a more gradual approach.
Venomous Company: Snakes and Agribusiness in Honduras
Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 19
Recollecting the “prodotti vegetali” of the Natural History Museum, University of Florence
Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 12
Imagining a New Eden in the Nuclear West
Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 9
"Dead Museum Animals: Natural Order or Cultural Chaos?"
Libby Robin discusses animals in museums, and how taxidermy has changed from art in the service of science to the backbone of art itself, both in museums and beyond.
"Slamming the Anthropocene: Performing climate change in museums"
Libby Robin and Cameron Muir discuss representations of the Anthropocene in museums and events.
"The Global Challenge of Climate Change: Reflections from Australian and Nordic Museums"
Libby Robin compares two major museum exhibitions on climate change that rely heavily on the IPCC models: Uppdrag Klimat (Mission: Climate Earth), at the Royal Natural History Museum in Stockholm (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet), Sweden; and EcoLogic, at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
"Weird and Wonderful: The First Objects of the National Historical Collection"
Libby Robin discusses the implication of Sir Colin MacKenzie’s initiative to collect Australian marsupials.
"The Forest of Our Lives: In and Out of Political Ecology"
The author seeks to bring together environmental anthropology and history to frame the place of forests in humans’ lives, from a political ecology point of view. He does this by reflecting on his personal experiences in Northeast India, Kenya, and Sweden.