Place, Time, and Me
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.
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The Charisma of the Wild Mushroom
Shiho Satsuka investigates the cultural and ecological significance of the matsutake mushroom in Japan.
The Long Winter
Sarah Cameron examines her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Russian Far East, focusing on local practices of food production and environmental adaptation.
“Walking a Sicilian River”
Anthropologist Paolo Gruppuso and geographer Erika Garozzo ruminate on the life of Sicily’s largest but now disappearing river—the Simeto.
Hydroelectric Power and the Ashio Copper Mine
Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 17
“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
The Struggle for Air: Mining, Dust, and Death on the South African Rand
Arcadia, Spring 2023, no. 6
Interview with Kristin Poling, author of Germany's Urban Frontiers: Nature and History on the Edge of the Nineteenth-Century City
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Kristin Poling is interviewed on her recent book, Germany’s Urban Frontiers: Nature and History on the Edge of the Nineteenth-Century City.
“‘We’ May Be in This Together, but We Are Not All Human and We Are Not One and the Same”
In this article, Rosi Braidotti explores the relation between posthumanism and the environmental humanities.