The Fire Ant Wars: Nature, Science, and Public Policy in Twentieth-Century America
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.
Fencing for biosecurity reasons is a contentious topic among pig farmers, environmental organizations, politicians, and borderland communities.
The earthworm becomes a muse in creativity and writing as Sumana Roy’s poem takes on the perspective of the invertebrate.
This part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Luigi Piccioni, comes to the assumption that all the various possible Italian translations of “Wilderness Babel” are unable to transmit this synthesis of natural phenomena and human visions.
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Livnat Goldberg, highlights different words that are used in modern Hebrew to describe “wilderness.”
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Natasha Yamamoto, looks at how wilderness may be expressed and understood in Japanese.
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by historian Mikko Saikku, explores central concepts for understanding the traditional Finnish relationship with nature and use of natural resources.
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by master’s student Luis Fernández Fernández, highlights different adjectives that are used in Catalan to describe wilderness.
This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by Tina Tin, highlights different words that are used in Chinese to describe wilderness.
In this part of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, historian Emily K. Brock writes about the Tagalog word bundok. The term translates literally as “mountain,” but its larger meaning as wilderness bears the inscription of global forces of war and empire.