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American, People, Said

This is the fifth 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 (March 27-April 2, 2017): Monday: “Princess Dashkova: The Princess and the Unicorn” by …

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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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“One Crop that Never Fails”: Objectification in Early Park Videos

Culturally, we like to celebrate parks. We like to hold them up as bastions of altruistic preservation and outdoor democratization. Right now we are even holding up national parks as leaders of the capital “R”#Resistance. Parks are complicated, though. Parks are not innocuous. It is difficult to bring up the problems with parks at a time …

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Family Roots: Editorial Comments for Spring 2017 Issue of Folklore

The following are my editorial comments for the Spring 2017 Issue of Folklore Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine and to become a member of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, go here and complete this form. Also follow SHFS on Facebook. Cover Photo: Poundmaker picture and relatives. Cutknife. 18 June, 1942. Everett Baker Slides. One of the unique aspects …

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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:

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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Marking History: Editorial Comments for Autumn 2016 Issue of Folklore

The following are my editorial comments for the Autumn 2016 Issue of Folklore Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine and to become a member of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, go here and complete this form. Also follow SHFS on Facebook. Cover Photo: Darlene S. & P-ZZ. South Fork. 1 July 1951. Everett Baker Slides. I have intently followed the …

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University of Saskatchewan at Canadian Historical Association (CHA) 2016

  Similarly to last year, the University of Saskatchewan will have a strong presence at this year’s meeting of the Canadian Historical Association to be held next week, May 30th – June 1st, in Calgary. I am presenting “Tales of a Park Not Yet Created: The Fish Creek Provincial Park Questionnaire, 1974.” For a full description …

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Built Heritage: Editorial Comments for Spring 2016 Issue of Folklore

The following are my editorial comments for the Spring 2016 Issue of Folklore Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine and to become a member of the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society, go here and complete this form. Also follow SHFS on Facebook. Cover Photos: Two photos of M.R. Murray using card catalogues in the library, CA 1940. University of Saskatchewan, …

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