Diplomsko delo raziskuje povezavo vprašanj človekovega dojemanja rastlin in živali, njegovega delovanja v zvezi z njimi in njegovega vpliva na njihovo pojavnost in pogostnost rastlin in živali na ozemlju (nekdanjega) inkovskega imperija, ki danes leži v Republiki Peru. Obravnava je časovno zamejena na celotno 16. stoletje, ko je območje doživelo te...
This dissertation interrogates the relationships between humans and animals responsible for creating ‘pests’ as an element in the physical and intellectual landscape of rural South Africa in the 1910s through the 1930s. Through analysing four groups of animals deemed to be pests – herds of ‘rogue’ elephants; trypanosomes and big game; ‘wild birds’ ...
In the early days of the petroleum industry, oil infrastructure had a short lifespan. Individuals were creating their own company and competing with others, without the financial means of current great companies. Many oil facilities were established in port cities like Dunkirk, because they were the entrance gates to many nations. In the case of Du...
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The long legacy of colonization that is rooted in how plants are known is mostly out of sight. But at times the colonial legacy of botany becomes all too apparent. This article draws upon ethnograhic field work in Cape Town, South Africa, over several years to contribute knoweldge how colonial and imperial forms of science and colonial management i...
L’étude diachronique des rapports entre les sociétés et leurs environnements est un des champs qui se sont affirmés avec le plus de dynamisme ces dernières années au sein des sciences humaines et sociales. Cet essor est désormais particulièrement visible dans la communauté des historiens. Un colloque organisé par le Réseau universitaire de chercheu...
L’irrigation traditionnelle en milieu de montagne a fait l’objet de nombreux travaux, notamment dans les Alpes suisses et italiennes ainsi que dans les Pyrénées. Par contraste, les Alpes françaises n’ont donné lieu qu’à des enquêtes déjà anciennes et passablement dispersées. Depuis 2011, une petite équipe s’est donné pour tâche de réparer cette lac...
Published in History of science; an annual review of literature, research and teaching
Historians of science can benefit from thinking more deeply about land. Scholarly emphasis on the geographies of scientific knowledge has become pervasive since the "spatial turn" of the late 1990s. At the same time, the history of science has increasingly intersected with environmental history. Despite these growing connections, historians of scie...
Published in History of science; an annual review of literature, research and teaching
This article reimagines the meanings of U.S. national parks and so-called 'natural' places in our environmental histories and histories of science. Environmental historians have created a compelling narrative about the creation and use of U.S. national parks as places for recreation and natural resource conservation. Although these motivations were...
Published in Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology
The present manuscript presents the view point of the author for providing a course on environmental history for chemistry students and secondary school pupils. Special attention is paid on the societal developments in the twentieth century when the anthropogenic impacts on the environment have become especially deep and devastating. The course of ...
