Tag: Geography
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What Time is the Nomad?
in EssaysNatasha Maru engages with the pastoralist temporalities as experienced by Rabari nomads in Kachchh, India. This narrative ethnographic account highlights the changing rhythms of pastoral lifestyles with shifts in the political economy of the region.
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Maroon Geographies, Black Placemaking, and Abolitionist Futures: A Conversation with Celeste Winston
in PodcastsElijah Levine speaks with Celeste Winston about marronage as a placemaking practice. By drawing on connections across time, the conversation reveals how Black folks in the United States build lasting infrastructures to disrupt power structures.
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Faculty Favorites: Ecologies & Politics of Borders
in ChecklistsEdge Effects invites scholars from different disciplines to introduce texts on the complexities of borders. This list also includes ideas on how to frame and teach the topic of borders in the classroom.
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Mapping the Unfree Labor of Prison Agriculture: A Conversation with Carrie Chennault and Josh Sbicca
in PodcastsPrison Agriculture Lab directors Carrie Chennault and Josh Sbicca discuss the ubiquity of carceral agriculture in the United States, its structuring logics of racial capitalism, and possibilities for abolitionist food futures.
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Visualizing the Volcanic Caribbean
Weaving a reflective essay with a virtual gallery, artist Kwynn Johnson draws upon the rich history of volcano-inspired art to creatively reimagine the twenty-first-century Caribbean landscape.
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Multispecies Ethics are Messy: Five Questions for William Lynn
in InterviewsEthicist and geographer William Lynn discusses ways to think about the wicked problems posed by conservation and wildlife management.
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Decolonizing Infrastructure in India and the US: A Conversation with Malini Ranganathan
in PodcastsTwo urban geographers discuss decolonization in theory and practice, the politics of water and infrastructure, and the social sides of environmental science.
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Excavating Haitian Histories
in ExhibitsHaitian political history, Taíno artifacts, colonial plantations, and even cholera bacteria leave their marks on the land in Kwynn Johnson’s 30-foot panoramic drawing of Cap Haitien.
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The Animals’ Guide to History: A Conversation with Stephanie Rutherford and Shari Wilcox
in PodcastsTwo geographers, co-editors of the new volume Historical Animal Geographies, discuss how the animals around us shape our histories, our environments, and the stories we tell about the world.
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Singing the History of the Honey War between Missouri and Iowa
in ExhibitsWhen Missouri and Iowa went to war in 1839, the only casualties were a few honey trees. Listen to this historical event come to life in an original song.