“Crude Encounters”
This artistic contribution explores sensory engagement with contamination caused by oil-waste pits in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
About the Exhibition
About the exhibition Toxic Relationships
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About the Exhibition
Toxic Relationships: Uncovering the Worlds of Hazardous Waste
Modern societies’ hazardous by-products cast a dark shadow over the planet. A threat to humans and the environment alike, hazardous waste comes in many guises: discarded batteries, asbestos, giant ships, or tailings from mining operations. While these objects might not seem dangerous at first sight, they have characteristics and components that make them potentially deadly. This virtual exhibition gives you an insight into the obscure world of hazardous waste, its questionable trade across the globe, and the people successfully fighting for safe and just waste management. The Hazardous Travels research team takes you on a journey both into our research and to the edges of our societies that many prefer not to see.
Maximilian Feichtner, Jonas Stuck, Ayushi Dhawan, Christina Lennartz, and Simone M. MüllerAbout the author
Interview with Tom Philpott, author of Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Tom Philpott is interviewed on his book, Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It.
Interview with John Soluri and Claudia Leal, editors of A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, John Soluri and Claudia Leal are interviewed on their edited volume, A Living Past: Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America.
Land׀S̶c̶a̶p̶e̶. Il più famoso paesaggio
Combinando ricerca storica e lavoro di campo, Noemi Quagliati documenta la distruzione e il recupero dei paesaggi del fronte occidentale della Grande Guerra.
Oggetti testardi: tradurre i rifiuti
David-Christopher Assmann scrive un testo narrativo per raccontare la sua ricerca che verte su come la narrativa e la poesia abbiamo esplorato e trattato il tema dei rifiuti. Questa meta-narrativa ci ricorda quanto i rifiuti siano difficili da trattare, anche attraverso le convenzioni letterarie.
Interview with Kristina Lyons, author of Vital Decomposition: Soil Practitioners and Life Politics
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Kristina M. Lyons is interviewed on her new book, Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics.
Stubborn Stuff: Translating Rubbish
David-Christopher Assmann explores how rubbish is translated into (literary) text, arguing that discarded materials are difficult to translate, resisting discursive orders and practices.
The Most Famous Land|S̶c̶a̶p̶e̶
Through a combination of historical research and environmental fieldwork focusing on photographic imagery taken during World War I, Noemi Quagliati documents the environmental recovery of the former Western Front.
Why Europe Responded Differently from the United States
Why Europe Responded Differently from the United States
This is Chapter 9 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a Book that Changed the World
This virtual exhibition presents the global reception and impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as well as the book’s legacy in popular culture, music, literature, and the arts.
This version 2, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2012 virtual exhibition (view PDF here) and applies the Environment & Society Portal’s responsive layout.
Mark StollAbout the author
