This post is the result of connecting the dots between my own research and current events in Colombia, to evidence how the criminalisation of peasants, and the portrayal of their activities as a “rebellion”-type crime, is part of a long history of anti-peasant policies aimed to depeasantise territories.
Environmental History Now.
Weeds, Corn, and Drinking Water: An Interconnected History of Industrialized Corn in the U.S. and West Germany
Cropscapes developed throughout the twentieth century as a result of rationalization, specialization, and mechanization of agriculture.
Politics of Nature: Ventilation, Ideas of Health, and 18th-century British Military and Naval Hospitals
Wastes As Value: Sustainable Resources for Pulp and Paper Production in the USSR
After WWII, some Soviet scientists, engineers, and producers believed that intensive industrial practice, which was part and parcel of Soviet experiment, led to devastation of forests. This new vision, however, was much more complicated than just the product of a shift from industrial to ecological thinking.
“So much history in just 13.1 miles!”: Racing To Go Back
I had a hunch, distance runners travel for unique race experiences, and to observe landscapes and historic spaces.
No One Is A Virus: On American Ecofascism
In mid-March of this year, a storytelling strain tore through the internet–what a New York Times reporter dubbed the “Coronavirus Nature Genre.”