The Multiple Faces of Riskiness
Diana Mincyte analyzes how post-socialist risk discourses in Eastern Europe deflected attention from systemic upheaval, legitimizing capitalism while obscuring structural causes.
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On the Role of Natural Hazards and Catastrophes
Historian Uwe Lübken examines how the perception of natural hazards and catastrophes shifts from being historically seen as “Acts of God” to now being viewed as side effects of modernization and a social responsibility.
“Not Every Kid Is WEIRD: A Conversation with Francesca Mezzenzana”
One of our editors, Brady Fauth, sits down with anthropologist Francesca Mezzenzana to discuss her developing research into children’s human–nonhuman relationships across cultures.
Biodiversity: Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin America II
Full text of the second volume of The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis: Perspectives from Latin America.
“Organisms, Life Relations, and Evolution: Inter-Dependencies after Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid”
This article reconsiders the relevance of Peter Kropotkin’s notion of mutual aid in evolution, which holds that cooperation is a more decisive factor than competition both among human and nonhuman animals.
What Is a Fungus? Mycology’s Dada Moment
Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 5
The Anthropocene Earth System and Three Human Stories
Julia Adeney Thomas explores three types of narrative that are emerging as people try to get to grips with the Anthropocene and their potential for steering our future course.
Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories
This profile features the preface and afterword from Environment, Power, and Justice: Southern African Histories.
Interview with Ihnji Jon, author of Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Ihnji Jon is interviewed on her recent book, Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics.
Nature's Past episode 69: “Environmental Racism and Canadian History”
In episode 69 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj interviews Ingrid Waldron on environmental racism.