This article is the last chapter in the book Animals Count which looks at the ways in which the size of an animal population impacts how they are viewed by humans and, conversely, how human perceptions of populations impact animals. This chapter examines the role of monuments in remembering species that …
Abstract: In this article, apply the broader STS concept of domestication to an investigation of urban animals: How are urban animals domesticated in the sense of finding a place within the infrastructure of a city? How do the animals themselves domesticate human technology in order to make their own domus? …
When I was asked to write a closing reflection on this volume on science and technology in Canadian history, I immediately thought of paper money as a symbol of modernity and one specific currency issue in particular: a Canadian five-dollar bill from 1935. This banknote was part of the first …
In this chapter, I examine animal images on maps of medieval and early modern Scandinavia to expose how the North and its fauna were understood in the premodern era as distinct from the fauna of Continental Europe. The chapter is well illustrated with early modern maps. I argue that mapmakers …
This is the introduction to our volume exploring who and what was in the North according to people in the ancient, medieval, and early modern eras. The volume is interdisciplinary within the humanities with scholars from history, art history, and literature. It includes chapters covering thinkers across Europe, ranging from …
Visons of North in Premodern Europe (Brepols, 2018) examines where, who, and what was envisioned as North in the Premodern era. The North has long attracted attention, not simply as a circumpolar geographical location, but also as an ideological space, a place that is ‘made’ through the understanding, imagination, and interactions …
In spite of general support for removal of dam structures within the ecological sciences community, local residents sometimes contest dam removals. This article examines the competing ideas of ‘natural’ and ‘nature’ that may surface in a dam removal controversy. Using the conflict of the Colliery dams of Nanaimo in northwestern …
Abstract: Humans see distinctions between artifacts, which are constructed by human hands with human ingenuity, and nature, which we tend to think of as somehow not made by humans even if we acknowledge that little nature is left untouched by humans. An artifact at its core is related to the …
I held a public talk called “Anthropocene Animals: How humans are changing the planet and its inhabitants” at the Bildmuseet in Umeå, Sweden, in September 2016. The lecture was held in conjunction with the opening of the Perpetual Uncertainty exhibit about the nuclear age. You can see it here: https://vimeo.com/187611816
I used a Research Blog for “The Return of Native Nordic Fauna” project for several years. In addition to my blog, I’ve shared my research in media and online, including:
