Museums developed and funded by European colonization often grapple with the morally blurry lines between public education and neocolonial exploitation. Elephant tusk — otherwise known as ivory — is embedded in these politics of historical display.
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Fearing the Subject of Study: The Climate Crisis and the Environmental Historian
The world we have constructed appears to be hurtling towards disaster, if not outright oblivion.
Orhan Pamuk, Me, and Two Men From the Seventeenth Century
Bologna, 2018. The odor of seriousness hung heavy in the reading room of the archives.
Remaining emotionless in the face of catastrophe: a gender perspective of climate change communication
In the film Don’t Look Up, a particularly memorable scene features scientist Dr. Kate Dibiasky, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence, tearfully proclaiming on national television, “We are all 100% for sure gonna f***ing die”.
