Tag: China
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When Monster Snails Eat Wetlands
in EssaysThe Coca Cola-funded micro-wetland of the Green Water Nature Center was to be a straightforward, water purification project. And then came the apple snail. These small creatures, Qieyi Liu shows, complicated everything.
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Tobacco’s World of Racial Capitalism: A Conversation with Nan Enstad
in PodcastsA historian planned a small study of cigarette culture. But she ended up uncovering a transnational network of seeds, plants, knowledge, and racist ideologies, and writing a book that transforms how we conceive of corporations and empire.
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Can Socialism Save the Planet?
Twentieth-century socialist countries get a worse environmental rap than they deserve, and some social theorists are attempting to reinvigorate Marx for the Anthropocene. Here’s where they go wrong.
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Talking Transformation in Beijing
in FieldnotesA conference in China brings graduate students from around the world together to discuss environmental transformation.