The Arboretum Edge
A gallery of photographs that meditate on the lesser-known corners of the UW-Madison Arboretum …
Shifting Gears: Rethinking Bicycling in Wisconsin
From “improved” velocipedes on skis to a Good Roads Movement, the history of bicycling is more surprising and wide-reaching than one might expect …
Knowledge in Translation: Speaking Across Disciplines at the CHE Graduate Student Symposium
Students, faculty, and associates from the CHE community and beyond gathered on February 4th, 2015 for the eighth annual Graduate Student Symposium …
An Eye for Winter: In Praise of Local Beauty
What is there to love about winter in a frigid place like Wisconsin? Lots, if you’re willing to look …
Whatever. . . Never Mind, or Old Torvald Skaalen Died on Saturday
A story at the intersection of truth, lies, memory, and imagination set in the Norwegian-American cultural landscape of Stoughton, Wisconsin …
Reflections on Extraction 2: Whose Risks, Whose Choices?
In a second set of reflections on “Landscapes of Extraction,” CHE members explore how communities negotiate the trade-offs of mining: private gain versus public well-being, individual enterprise versus regulatory caution, and economic necessity versus environmental risk …
Reflections on Extraction 1: Mining the Invisible
Reflecting on “Landscapes of Extraction,” CHE members explore the challenges of remembering and preserving the buried histories of mining landscapes …
Why Edge Effects?
What’s in a name? Edge effects in the history of ecology, the geography of Wisconsin, and the interdisciplinary values of CHE …
