Reading Time: 7 minutesI am walking in a Wardian Case. Above the historic West India docks, above the newly opened Elizabeth line, yet dwarfed by the skyscrapers that crowd the dockland horizon of east London.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Tag: environmental history now
When Animals Attack
Reading Time: 6 minutesTo flesh out the labor between humans and animals, I sometimes find myself struggling to write between the “real” and “representational” interactions I experience on farms and see on paper in the archive.
When Suburban In-fill Created A Real Nightmare
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy do we tell those eerie stories, the ones we share at social events? Ghost stories often reveal more about a community’s concerns at a specific point in time. One such example can be found in suburban Melbourne, Australia.
A Change of Perspective: Visiting the Places of Your Research
Reading Time: 6 minutesNow that I’m pursuing a doctoral degree in the highly interdisciplinary field of environmental history, I have come to embrace new research methods.