Making Sense of Water: A Personal Quest into the History of Irrigation
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg discusses the ways water management policies shaped the landscape of his childhood during the years of the Fascist regime in Italy.
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg discusses the ways water management policies shaped the landscape of his childhood during the years of the Fascist regime in Italy.
Sophie Lange discusses the environmental history of the Elbe river in Hamburg and an environmental dispute arising from mercury pollution between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
Claudio de Majo argues that the notion of the commons, often seen as an economically motivated notion, could also be seen in relation to metabolic cycles, both in the mountains of Sila in Italy and in the uplands of the Serra Gaucha in southern Brazil.
Roberta Biasillo traces Italy’s colonial engagements in Africa through a reflection sources uncovered in the Italian archives.
David-Christopher Assmann explores how rubbish is translated into (literary) text, arguing that discarded materials are difficult to translate, resisting discursive orders and practices.
Environmental historians Gabriella Corona and Christof Mauch discuss national traditions, current issues, and future challenges in environmental history in Germany and Italy.
This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.
Excerpt from The Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy by Aidan Tynan.