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Path Dependency: Layers of History along the Mill Creek
Guest Post by Kathleen Smythe Kathleen Smythe is a professor in the Department of History at Xavier University, Cincinnati. In this post, she offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of Mill Creek, engaging with the historical, social, economic, and ecological meanings behind the…
CfA: Office Manager
The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society seeks an office manager to join its team on a full-time (40,1h/week) basis. The position starts 1 June 2018. The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) is an international, interdisciplinary research institute located in…
From Herders to Hikers, the Shifting Lives of Scottish Bothies
This piece was originally published by Edge Effects and is reposted here with kind permission. All photographs are courtesy of the author. By Jonas Stuck When I was 20 years old, I heard about huts in northern England and Scotland called bothies. I didn’t even…
