Doing research on dunes is like being a grain of sand in a very wide beach; there are so many factors to consider and so many ways of looking at them.
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Pertenencias interdisciplinares
Usaré este espacio para recoger algunas reflexiones personales sobre la práctica decolonial y participativa de la Historia Ambiental – así como mi pertenencia disciplinar.
Dirty Knowings: What Afro-Texan Women Tell Us About Archiving
Much of what we consider to be early radical first wave feminist work does not go beyond written texts. Hoping to disrupt this trend, I contend, however, that there is a different, much dirtier text, being written upon by those women who would never be given access to paper and pen. They would write their legacies in the ground.
Writing Home into Environmental History
Practices of domesticity and the spaces of homes must be included in our conversations of place and environment.
Advice for Planning and Conducting Archival Research
In memory of the pre-pandemic world, when historians were still able to conduct archival research, I created a checklist based on my own experience.
Historical Black Lives Matter: What A Single Story Can Reveal About People & Landscapes
Many poor Black people lived, worked, and died to bring about modern industries such as oil in Brazil. Mr. João de Deus’ life story hopefully sheds light on these experiences.
The Department of State, Safety, and Archives: Research in a Conflict Zone
“Don’t travel at night, don’t travel by car, and don’t travel out of the city,” the warning of the Department of State repeated over and over in my head as we zipped along the small highway in darkness.
“Are There Even People There?” Re-reading Adrian Howkins and Grappling with “Going There”
Howkins, who is a historian of Antarctica, writes of the sense of legitimacy that seems to settle on historians after they visit the places they study, especially if the places they study are little-visited by outsiders in general.