NiCHE Conversations 2.6: Mapping the Role of Firewood in Canada’s Energy History with Josh MacFadyen

NiCHE Article Discussed: “The Fir Trade in Canada: Mapping Commodity Flows on Railways” by Josh MacFadyen and Nolan Kressin Feature Image: “4 Firewood” by Bravehardt is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Climate, Data, Historical

This is the 189th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.  Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (October 5, 2020 – October 11, 2020): #Amazon near tipping point of …

Introducing NiCHE Conversations

Note: This post originally appeared on the Network in Canadian History and Environment. I am happy to announce a new NiCHE initiative: NiCHE Conversations! NiCHE Conversations will be 10-20 minute casual conversations with NiCHE contributors about their NiCHE contributions. These conversations will build upon an author’s blog post(s). In these conversations I will ask contributors …

Said, Data, ZooArchNet

This is the 116th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 13, 2019 – May 19, 2019): New data platform illuminates history …

Parks, Park, Also

This is the ninety-eighth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (January 7, 2018 – January 13, 2018): Preserving historically significant architecture in Los Angeles, including …

California, Grizzly, Bears

This is the sixty-eighth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 11 – June 17, 2018): Today on #ActiveHist: Repurposing a Map of Greater …

Hwëch’in, Tr’ondëk, Klondike

This is the sixty-fourth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 14 – May 20, 2018): Sunday #Wordcloud!: Said, Water, One https://t.co/Va8SNBFgcb #envhist …

Nitrogen, Feathers, Water

This is the sixty-second post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.     Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (April 30 – May 6, 2018): Sunday #Wordcloud! Day, Earth, Environmental https://t.co/GrW4m0G956

Comps Notes: Donahue’s The Great Meadow

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here.  The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord Brian Donahue Brian …

#HIST274US: Reflecting on My Course Hashtag

I integrate social media into my professional and personal life daily. In addition to serving as Social Media Editor for the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) and Media Officer for the American Society for Environmental History Graduate Student Caucus, I run several other academic Twitter accounts and regularly consult and give talks on …