“‘Cool and Tasty Waters’: Managing Naples’s Water Supply, c. 1500–c. 1750”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the water supply of Naples, Italy, in the early modern period.
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“The Cistern-System of Early Modern Venice: Technology, Politics and Culture in a Hydraulic Society.”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the Venetian cistern-system and its a success as a technology for treating rainwater.
Anne Frank’s Tree: Nature’s Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust
In this book, environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology’s role in dominating both nature and humanity.
Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability
Full PDF of the the book Insolvent by Christoph Becker.
“The Heat Is On!”
In this Springs article, historian Melanie Arndt examines how the foundations for production, perception, and consumption of heating were laid at the turn of the twentieth century.
Capital Seeds and Hybrid Landscapes: Between Varied Landraces and Monotonous Technological Objects
Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 12
Interview with Malcolm Harris, author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Malcolm Harris is interviewed on his recent book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.
Housing for a Changing Climate: The Commonwealth Environmental Building Station in 1950s Australia
“Dismantling the Machine: Modern Technology as Magic”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Alf Hornborg.
Interview with Timothy Morton, author of Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Timothy Morton is interviewed on their recent book, Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World.