Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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The King of Fruits Needs Space
By Judith Bopp: On a particularly hot and dry morning in early May, my friend—a local farmer—and I loaded a canoe into the car and made our way to the Huai Raeng Reservoir in Thailand’s Trat Province, not far from the Cambodian border. Parked along the shore when we arrived were several pickup trucks with…
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LUNCHTIME COLLOQUIA, SUMMER 2017
Ecocapitalism, energy transitions, militarized landscapes, sustainability in Ethiopia, and much more during the 2016 summer semester at the Rachel Carson Center. Would you like to keep up to date with our latest Lunchtime Colloquia? Then follow us by subscribing to our Rachel Carson Center Youtube Channel for new (and old) discussions! 20 April 2017 (All-Day Colloquium): Jennifer…
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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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Bookshelf: “Empire of Cotton” by Sven Beckert
By Ernst Langthaler Among the books that have recently widened and deepened my historical knowledge the most is Sven Beckert’s Empire of Cotton. Drawing on a broad base of research in numerous archives and on a wealth of literature, the author follows the traces of cotton through the last millennia and across continents. He shows…
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Film Review: Plastic Planet
Post by Ellen Arnold How much plastic do you think is in your life? Probably more than you realize. Werner Boote’s documentary film Plastic Planet explores the rapid expansion of plastics production and consumption since the 1950s, bringing both a global dimension and personal, intimate perspectives into the discussion. His main goal, and one that…