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NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.
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Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading (and watching) from May!
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Today we have "Placing Tuning Theory On Earth: Artistic Research Project with Commentary" by @colintuckerstudio.bsky.social
By analyzing early modern tuning texts, Tucker connects the foundational principles of consonance and harmony to cultural anti-wolf discourse
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The Extractive Midwest
Call for Proposals for Edited Volume
Proposal Deadline: 30 August 2026
This collection aims to acknowledge the Midwest’s extractive past and its creation of the region’s present.
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#envhist #extraction #midwest
"I realized that my method of finding small stories, delving into them, and writing them up for the blog had affected my historical practice—it shaped my voice and what I was using my voice to share." - @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
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#envhist #envhum #writing
So many people love our parks - the Rockies in particular see MILLIONS of visitors each summer. Where is that money going? Why doesn't the govt see the value in investing in parks? And the closing of the library is just...
#OTD 100 years ago (Tue, Jun 8) 1926 at #CedarLake, #AlgonquinPark: "Wolves reported to have killed a deer at foot of 5 Mile Rapids last night. 5 full grown wolves were seen doing the killing." @nichecanada.bsky.social @csnrec.bsky.social
"Guts are a collaboration between animal, land, and the logistics of bodies."
- New from @maxliboiron.bsky.social, @clear-lab.bsky.social, in @placesjournal.bsky.social!
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#plastics #envhist #science #water
Cool!
Our editor @gabtm.bsky.social published "10 Reads to Problematize the Anthropocene at Crawford Lake and Beyond" a couple years ago, which may make a great companion piece to this exhibit!
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#envhist #anthropocene #cdnhist
"The Hope Within" by Kuu Khurram is the 2nd post in the Succession IV: Queering the Environment – “Queer Joy” series.
Rejecting the Anthropocene’s destructive mastery, Kuu embraces queer, interconnected ecologies and grief to cultivate active, collaborative hope...
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"Stretched thin, Parks Canada now produces far fewer such reports than it did in the latter part of the last century, and it is difficult to imagine that trend improving." - @alanmaceachern.bsky.social
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#parkscanada #parkhistory #envhist #cdnhist #histsci
By analyzing early modern tuning texts, this project reveals how classical music’s foundational principles of consonance and harmony structurally rely on the violent, colonial, and ecocidal displaceme...
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Proposals should examine the relationship between extraction in its manifold forms and the history of the Midwest, broadly defined.
This is the fifth in the series Outside Looking In, about the experiences of teaching and researching Canadian environmental history – from scholars working outside Canada
The last physical academi...
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What can plastic fragments found in an animal’s digestive tract tell us about the waters it has traversed?
Rejecting the Anthropocene’s destructive mastery, Kuu embraces queer, interconnected ecologies and grief to cultivate active, collaborative hope for survival.
Parks Canada’s library closure reflects long institutional decline, threatening internal knowledge, research capacity, and the agency’s ability to document environmental change.
"Stretched thin, Parks Canada now produces far fewer such reports than it did in the latter part of the last century, and it is difficult to imagine that trend improving." - @alanmaceachern.bsky.social
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#parkscanada #parkhistory #envhist #cdnhist #histsci
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Don't miss this one if you are in Toronto!
#Anthropocene @nichecanada.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social www.rom.on.ca/whats-on/exh...
Parks Canada’s library closure reflects long institutional decline, threatening internal knowledge, research capacity, and the agency’s ability to document environmental change.
'Attrition alone' not enough, as Parks Canada looks to reduce spending by more than $140 million over the next three years.
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Summer SavingsROM is pleased to participate in the Canada Strong Pass program, which provides Free General Admission to visitors 4 to 17 years, and 50% off General Admission to visitors 18 to 24 years...
