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Asia Pacific
Reflections on the 2022 International Conference on Food Futures
The conference brought together diverse voices to explore food through a humanities lens, fostering a collaborative spirit to tackle pressing food-related dilemmas and envision sustainable futures. The insights gained underscore the necessity for ongoing dialogue and community engagement in food systems.
Is Another Mass Extinction Upon Us? Diving Into A New Era
“Mass extinction” has an intimidating sound to it. What does it entail, and is it something that we should be worried about? The answer to this is no… but also yes.
North American
Climbing Vines: Exploring the Environmental Humanities
The ivory tower is a metaphorical place that suggests scholars are too high above everyone to be aware of what is happening on the ground.
Asia Pacific
Pondering the Pacific: Passage to Pongso no Tao
In early May, we took a short trip to Pongso no Tao (Lanyu) as part of Dr. Hsinya Huang’s graduate seminar, Pacific Cultural Production.
North American
The Biosemiotics Debate: What Did One Tree Say to the Other?
Growing up in Mesa, Arizona, my personal ecological experience has been limited by variations of desert.
North American
Does Philosophy Have a Place in Biology? An Emerging Debate, Part II
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North American
What is Biosemiotics? An Emerging Debate, Part I
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North American
The Scary Food Truths of COVID-19, as Discussed by ASU’s Food Sovereignty Reading Group
We’ve all seen, and in many cases become used to, the novel behaviors driven by the coronavirus for the sake of safety and survival communities around the world.
Asia Pacific
Food Futures— Humanities and Social Sciences Approaches at the Asia-Pacific Observatory
Over the last three years, the APO has conducted field trips, walking workshops, and other scholarly activities that anticipate solidarity and affiliation with indigenous peoples across the Pacific and Pacific Rim.
HfE Series: Extraction and the Environment At the African Observatory
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HfE Series: Recrafting Environmental Communication in The Circumpolar North
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An Introduction to the idea and implications of the Anthropocene
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Thoughts of a marine ecologist on the first global Environmental Humanities summit
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Introducing the HfE Observatories Blog Series
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Latin American
The Latin American Observatory: Chullachaki’s Chakra and Environmental Education in the Amazon basin
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