Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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Worldview: Anthropocene: A Non-Concept?
by Amélia Polónia A concept should serve to create a common understanding between scholars, a common language to facilitate communication among disciplines. Does this apply to the term “Anthropocene€? The “Anthropocene€ is without doubt a widely used term, not only among academics—from geologists, Earth system scientists, ecologists, and physicists to philosophers, anthropologists, and historians—but also…
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Bookshelf: “What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?” by Vinciane Despret, translated by Brett Buchanan
In this special “Bookshelf” post for Women in Translation month, RCC fellow Amanda Boetzkes reflects on Vinciane Despret’s recently published What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions? I cannot think of a more appropriate author to consider during Women in Translation month, than Belgian philosopher Vinciane Despret, whose work speaks to some…
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Making Tracks: Robert Wilson
In the “Making Tracks€ series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “Scholar Activist?€ By Robert Wilson My journey to the Rachel Carson Center began five years ago in a hot, stifling Washington, DC jail…
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Bookshelf: “Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity” by Timothy Mitchell
By Arnab Dey Tim Mitchell’s Rule of Experts has remained with me a long time, and continues to be an inspiration for my work and thinking. Focused on twentieth-century Egypt, Mitchell raises foundational questions about the purported globality of themes such as capitalism, technology, politics, ecology, and power. In doing so, the book opens up…
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Making Tracks: Alan MacEachern
In the “Making Tracks€ series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “Albrecht and Alan at the Alte€ By Alan MacEachern In retrospect, mine was the least dissolute of dissolute youths. But spending post-undergraduate time…
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Worldview: Legal Implications of Environmental Risks
In this special feature, Professor Harald Koch discusses the legal implications of environmental disasters.
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Making Tracks: Ernst Langthaler
In the “Making Tracks€ series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. By Ernst Langthaler “A Pile of Stones in the Midst of a Meadow€ I grew up in a remote village of about 2,000…
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Making Tracks: Carrick Eggleston
In the “Making Tracks€ series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “From Atoms to Energy Transitions€ By Carrick Eggleston Scientists can really only deal with very simple things. They are squeamish about uncontrolled variables.…
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Making Tracks: Vimbai Kwashirai
In the “Making Tracks€ series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “Seeing the Hyenas for the Calves!€ By Vimbai Kwashirai One pitch dark night, it was storming heavily when my grandma, Grace Rungutai Kamutero,…