Reading Time: 8 minutesThis essay is a preliminary reflection on some of the human and other aspects of the waste-crisis I came across during fieldwork in the Bhalswa landfill located on the periphery of North-West Delhi.
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Galvanizing Glaciology: Thoughts on an Ecocritical Art History
Reading Time: 8 minutesGlaciers are marked by the contours of time. Flow lines and lateral moraines (ridges of accumulated dirt and rocks) demarcate the movement of ice with traces of debris incised into the glacier’s icy surface. Tributaries, rivers, and floods unfurl the flow of the ice into meltwater. As many of the world’s glaciers continue to thaw and no longer reproduce, they have been classed as an endangered species.
Wildlife Dioramas: Natures Without Humans
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn overwhelming experience of colour, miraculous shapes, and beauty meets you upon entering the Zoogeographic Hall at the Natural History Museum in Oslo.
Asylums and the Question of Place: The Ghosts of Failed Health Initiatives
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhen an initiative fails, I like to think about what it got right, what it got wrong, and what parts can be modified and improved.
