CfP: “Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of COVID-19: Rethinking ‘Social Distancing’"
scholars critically engaged with the long and complex legacies and futures of social and global justice are invited to apply.
CfP: “Race and Environmental Justice in the Era of COVID-19: Rethinking ‘Social Distancing’"
scholars critically engaged with the long and complex legacies and futures of social and global justice are invited to apply.
Call for papers for the Workshop “Global fat resources: Connecting themes, approaches and narratives, ca. 1850-2022”.
University of Bergen, 23-24 May 2023. Deadline for proposals: 8 January 2023
https://hsozkult.de/event/id/event-131664
#introduction - Hello, I am a postdoc at the Deutsches Museum in Munich & a lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. My broader research interests center on the intersections of #envhist #histtech #histsci #envtech #envjust #envhum.
Most recent books: “The Birth of #Geoengineering. Large-Scale Engineering Projects in the Early Stage of the #Anthropocene” (Wallstein 2021) & “Beyond the Lab and the Field. #Infrastructures as Places of #Knowledge Production” (co-ed. Eike-Christian Heine; Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022)
My current project deals with the history of #creosote and railway #maintenance cultures. The material history of this coal tar oil – used until today for wood impregnation of railway ties & utility poles – combines research perspectives from the #histtech (such as on #maintenance and #repair) with #envhist and #materialhistory. Its name is connected today with dozens of contaminated land sites, tons of hazardous waste, and burning #environmentaljustice issues.