Wasser correlates the control of water supply with power in a comparative collection of articles on water in ancient, early modern, and modern states.
Projektion Natur is a collection of articles contextualising “green” genetic engineering within the debate about nature and society.
Etienne Benson considers the role that material interventions into the vernacular landscape play in solidifying our understandings of bodily difference across species.
This film follows a diverse group of women from around the world as they attend the Barefoot College in India. The college teaches them solar engineering skills to allow them to contribute to their communities and improve their daily lives, but societal and familial pressure proves challenging.
The Panama Canal opens for shipping on 15 August 1914. This 77.1 kilometer canal connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean across the Isthmus of Panama. It eliminates the need for ships to make a long and hazardous detour around Cape Horn and provides a much faster and safer route between the two oceans.
This paper considers the construction of the Panama Canal in order to analyze the confluence of imperialism, modernity, and environmental control.