This is the 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 (April 24-April 30, 2017): Monday: “An Evolving Conversation: Environmental History and Current Events” …
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Earth, Will, Said
This is the seventh 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 17-April 23, 2017): Monday: “The most robot-proof job of them all” by David …
Water, Milk, Canyon
This is the sixth 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 3-April 9, 2017): Monday: “Letter From a Drowned Canyon” by Rebecca Solnit, The …
Weekly Wordcloud Experiment: State, One, Going…
I’m continuously looking at ways to keep this blog fresh and to keep motivated to write for it. My track record is not particularly good. So, here’s an idea I had. I love wordclouds, I also enjoy keeping up with the #EnvHist Daily that I curate. The daily collection of links is made up what …
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“What will come of it?”: Selwyn Dewdney Questions Algonquin
The oft neglected introduction, so regularly skipped by the average reader…I presume, most historians will tell you that the introduction is one of the most, if not the most, important parts of the book. The most interesting iteration of the introduction, and the most tempting to gloss over, is the introduction written by another author …
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Catching up with Environmental History Worth Reading
Every month I choose five to six articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that exemplify the current pulse of environmental history on the internet. To see my choices for September 2016 and October 2016 click the respective links. To watch my and Sean Kheraj’s monthly accompanying videocasts, see below:
“Between Stewardship and Exploitation”: A Perspectives Piece
I am happy to announce that the issue of RCC: Perspectives, “Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Politics: Case Studies from Canada and Western Europe,” edited by Jonathan Clapperton and Liza Piper is now out. Many of the articles in this volume are products of the Carson Center and NiCHE sponsored workshop, “Environmentalism from Below,” held at University of …
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From Shippensburg to Powell and Points in Between
As I’ve climbed deeper into the depths of discipline of history, I’ve found the way that I view the world, particularly whilst travelling, has changed substantially. I’m constantly accessing the background of what lies before me, not just the surface-level imagery presented to me. In the past, I’ve often wanted to write about my travels …
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Environmental History Worth Reading: August 2016
Here is a link to my choices for environmental history worth reading in August 2016 that I put together for the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). Watch the accompanying videocast with Sean Kheraj below:
Why Wilderness? Why, Indeed.
View this post on Instagram Why Wilderness? #summerreading #whywilderness #wilderness #envhist #dissertationreading A post shared by -Jessica M. DeWitt (@jmariedewitt) on Aug 2, 2016 at 2:52pm PDT A couple weeks ago I sat down with Why Wilderness: A report on Mismanagement in Lake Superior Provincial Park. Published in 1971, this collection of essays paired with …
Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 