Tag: Wisconsin
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Citizen Management in a Contested Landscape
in EssaysAn ecologically diverse nature reserve in Wisconsin’s famed Driftless Area thrives today because of state, tribal, and local collaboration.
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Rural People and Academic Elites Saved Higher Education Once. They Can Do It Again.
in EssaysRural resentment is nothing new. When one university reckoned with it a century ago, it convinced farmers that the university worked for them—and improved itself in the process.
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Environmental Resentment on the Political Right
in ReviewsWhen is political resentment legitimate, and who gets to decide? Two recent books examine the emotional world of politics in rural Wisconsin and Louisiana.
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Nature’s Metropolis Turns 25: A Conversation with William Cronon
in PodcastsAn urban history nearly devoid of people nonetheless holds lessons for communal human life today.
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Excavating the Private Sphere
in ExhibitsA photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.
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Six Quick Lessons in How to Read a Landscape
in ChecklistsHow do you teach someone to re-see a place they know well? Try these tips on introducing students to the practice of treating landscapes as historical documents.
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How Activists Are Taking on Factory Farms
in FieldnotesActivists gather at a summit over factory farm expansion, offering an economic vision based on the value of clean water.
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Wisconsin’s John Muir: An Interview with Michael Edmonds
in PodcastsA traveling exhibit celebrates the life of John Muir and the centennial of the National Parks Service.
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Same Place, Different Photograph
in FieldnotesRepeat photography is used by a range of scientists and artists as a form of data collection, but also raises deeper questions about the nature of truth.
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5 Ways to Ford the Dam(n)ed Mississippi River
in ChecklistsCHE’s upcoming place-based workshop elicits questions—and several suggestions—about how to navigate a river and its watershed.