Category Archives: academic
Raising Seawalls in Japan
by Denis Byrne
Over the last few years on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, in Japan, new reinforced-concrete seawalls approximately one metre high have been erected on the shoreline in front of old fishing villages and other settlements. Where existing concrete seawalls are in place, these have been heightened by laying a metre of new concrete on top of them.
Raising Seawalls in Japan
by Denis Byrne
Over the last few years on the islands of the Seto Inland Sea, in Japan, new reinforced-concrete seawalls approximately one metre high have been erected on the shoreline in front of old fishing villages and other settlements. Where existing concrete seawalls are in place, these have been heightened by laying a metre of new concrete on top of them.
On “wastable” urban animals
by Tora Holmberg
What is common between a human ‘dumpster diver’ and a rodent one? What makes an animal – human or non-human – vermin? How does one cross the boundaries between being integrated into urban ecologies, and becoming disposable as waste: potentially wasted or ‘wastable’?
On “wastable” urban animals
by Tora Holmberg
What is common between a human ‘dumpster diver’ and a rodent one? What makes an animal – human or non-human – vermin? How does one cross the boundaries between being integrated into urban ecologies, and becoming disposable as waste: potentially wasted or ‘wastable’?
What was “Hacking the Anthropocene”? (Or, why the Environmental Humanities needs more Feminism)
by Jennifer Mae Hamilton and Astrida Neimanis Welcome to the Anthropocene! Although this geological era is still to be officially included in the Chronostratigraphic Chart, members of the Anthropocene expert working group agree that we humans are interfering in
What was “Hacking the Anthropocene”? (Or, why the Environmental Humanities needs more Feminism)
by Jennifer Mae Hamilton and Astrida Neimanis Welcome to the Anthropocene! Although this geological era is still to be officially included in the Chronostratigraphic Chart, members of the Anthropocene expert working group agree that we humans are interfering in
Reflections from Undisciplined environments
by Åsa Callmer It is contradictory that a conference on political ecology, named “Undisciplined environments”, should take place inside the walls of an institution. Inside the walls of anything, for that matter – the best place to have talks on
Reflections from Undisciplined environments
by Åsa Callmer It is contradictory that a conference on political ecology, named “Undisciplined environments”, should take place inside the walls of an institution. Inside the walls of anything, for that matter – the best place to have talks on
Intersectionality, Intra-actions and Interactionism
by Aline Groh We are living in a dilemma. To focus any study, any analyses, any thought only on nature or culture or humans or animals or gender or race, is always abridging. If we aim to make an impact
Intersectionality, Intra-actions and Interactionism
by Aline Groh We are living in a dilemma. To focus any study, any analyses, any thought only on nature or culture or humans or animals or gender or race, is always abridging. If we aim to make an impact
Response to Undisciplined Environments 2016:
by Irma Allen Degrowth beyond environmentalism: Or shaking the temple of growthism, speaking the growth taboo, and sowing the seeds of generative doubt. – Irma Allen, Marie Curie PhD Fellow, Environmental Humanities Lab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Undisciplined Environments,
Response to Undisciplined Environments 2016:
by Irma Allen Degrowth beyond environmentalism: Or shaking the temple of growthism, speaking the growth taboo, and sowing the seeds of generative doubt. – Irma Allen, Marie Curie PhD Fellow, Environmental Humanities Lab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Undisciplined Environments,
Contradiction and the Scientist-Explorer hybrid
by Amelia Mutter In “Teddy Bear Patriarchy – Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936”, Donna Haraway gives a detailed depiction of progressive era safariist, adventurer, taxidermist, big game hunter, and museum curator Carl Akeley. Haraway’s story
Contradiction and the Scientist-Explorer hybrid
by Amelia Mutter In “Teddy Bear Patriarchy – Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936”, Donna Haraway gives a detailed depiction of progressive era safariist, adventurer, taxidermist, big game hunter, and museum curator Carl Akeley. Haraway’s story
Conceptual Quandaries – Identity and Difference in the Anthropocene
by Daniel Andersson The environmental humanities, it seems to me, is a field of research perfectly suited for conceptual quandaries. I can think of few other playgrounds equally relevant, and with an equal array of philosophical tools available for conceptual
Conceptual Quandaries – Identity and Difference in the Anthropocene
by Daniel Andersson The environmental humanities, it seems to me, is a field of research perfectly suited for conceptual quandaries. I can think of few other playgrounds equally relevant, and with an equal array of philosophical tools available for conceptual
A Report for an Academy
by Aleksandra Jach If one can be good scholar and at the same time not being interested in storytelling? I was wondering when taking a part in Jonas Anshelm seminar on which we were discussing process of structuring research material
A Report for an Academy
by Aleksandra Jach If one can be good scholar and at the same time not being interested in storytelling? I was wondering when taking a part in Jonas Anshelm seminar on which we were discussing process of structuring research material
Haraway Walks With Thee
by Rumen Rachev Haraway was walking in the forest. Stop. Haraway writing was walking in a Linkoping forest. Stop. A person was walking while reading Haraway in a Linkoping forest. Stop. I decide to breathe in the writing of Haraway,
Haraway Walks With Thee
by Rumen Rachev Haraway was walking in the forest. Stop. Haraway writing was walking in a Linkoping forest. Stop. A person was walking while reading Haraway in a Linkoping forest. Stop. I decide to breathe in the writing of Haraway,
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