From Jack-O’-Lantern to Pumpkin Pie: The Surprising History of a Favorite Fall Icon
Historian Cindy Ott explains the unique political, economic, and symbolic roles the pumpkin has played in American culture.
Category: Fieldnotes
Rhythm by the Riverside: An Interview with Cassie Meador
In this interview, dancer and choreographer Cassie Meador discusses her work with Dance Exchange, and especially their innovative Moving Field Guide program.
Working the Edge; or, How We Built This Thing
One year since launch, our founding managing editor looks back on building Edge Effects.
Edge Effects, One Year On
Edge Effects celebrates its first year as CHE’s dedicated blog for lively, interdisciplinary conversation about culture, history, and the environment.
Postcards from the Field: Part 2
A second batch of postcards showcases the summer travels, fieldwork, and adventures of CHE graduate students.
Postcards from the Field: Part 1
What’s in the mail? The first of two batches of “postcards” featuring stories from CHE grads about their summer travels and fieldwork.
“Nature led the way”: The legacy of city planner John Nolen
A new biography of one of the founders of city planning in the US connects urban reform efforts from the early twentieth century with today’s environmental issues.
Measuring the Anthropocene
In the Anthropocene, or “age of humans,” maps open up important but complicated spaces of dialogue about the “human imprint” on earth systems.
Announcements: New Editors & Our Summer Schedule
In which we announce two new editors and move to a summer publication schedule.
Talking Trash with Josh Lepawsky
A drawn-out interview with Josh Lepawsky on the politics, flows, and research practices around electronic waste.
