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The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)
A Digital Magazine from the Center for Culture, History, and Environment
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Oct 20, 2020 • 42min
What Fuels Energy Transitions: A Conversation with Germán Vergara
Germán Vergara talks with Rachel Gurney about the history of energy transitions in Mexico and the lessons we can learn from the past.
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Sep 15, 2020 • 49min
Tortoises All the Way Down: A Conversation with Elizabeth Hennessy
Elizabeth Hennessy's recent book follows in the footsteps of Galápagos tortoises to uncover the complex history of a tourist and biodiversity hotspot.
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Aug 27, 2020 • 1h 12min
School Food Politics: A Conversation with Jennifer Gaddis
Faron Levesque sits down with Dr. Jennifer Gaddis to discuss Gaddis's book, The Labor of Lunch, and how school food can fuel the fight for justice for both workers and students.
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Jul 30, 2020 • 1h 15min
Making Meaning in an Age of Data: A Conversation with Heather Houser
In conversation with Min Hyoung Song, Heather Houser considers how stories and art make overwhelming scientific data meaningful—and how they trouble, interrogate, and transform it.
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Jul 9, 2020 • 1h 14min
The Future of Conservation: A Conversation with Bram Büscher and Robert Fletcher
Yardain Amron talks with Bram Büscher and Robert Fletcher—co-authors of The Conservation Revolution—about capitalism, ecotourism, and the urgent need to re-imagine mainstream conservation.
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May 19, 2020 • 44min
Financing American Inequality: A Conversation with Paige Glotzer
Historian Paige Glotzer discusses the segregated suburbs and what the history of Baltimore's Roland Park Company has to do with today's inequality.
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May 5, 2020 • 47min
La Lucha Yaqui: A Conversation with Mario Luna Romero
In Spanish and English, activist Mario Luna Romero discusses the Yaqui struggle for water and land rights with Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez.
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Jan 28, 2020 • 34min
Decolonizing Labor in the Caribbean: A Conversation with Shona Jackson
Dr. Shona Jackson discusses labor in the Caribbean and the need for radical, collective labor histories that include Creole groups and Indigenous peoples.
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Dec 17, 2019 • 57min
What Is Land? A Conversation with Tania Murray Li, Rafael Marquese, and Monica White
Land is the scene of a crime and a site of liberation. Tania Murray Li, Rafael Marquese, and Monica White discuss land and the Plantationocene with Elizabeth Hennessy.
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Dec 3, 2019 • 1h 9min
Infrastructure’s Inequalities: A Conversation with Nikhil Anand and Nausheen Anwar
Geographer Siddharth Menon interviews anthropologist Nikhil Anand and urban planner Nausheen Anwar about infrastructures and development in India and Pakistan.
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