Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "environmental studies"
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Arrested Autonomy: An Ethnography of Orangutan Rehabilitation
(2013-02-12)This dissertation is an ethnographic study about ecological displacement, affective encounters, the work of care, and human and animal subjectivities involved in rehabilitating endangered orangutans in Sarawak, Malaysia. ... -
Footprints in Paradise: Ethnography of Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa
(2013-02-13)Social and political life on small subtropical islands is frequently shaped by the economic imperative of sustainable tourism development. In Okinawa, “ecotourism” promises to provide employment for a dwindling ... -
The Qing Invention of Nature: Environment and Identity in Northeast China and Mongolia, 1750-1850
(2012-10-18)This dissertation studies the nexus of empire, environment, and market that defined Qing China in 1750-1850, when unprecedented commercial expansion and a rush for natural resources – including furs, pharmaceuticals, and ... -
Snowshoe Country: Indians, Colonists, and Winter Spaces of Power in the Northeast, 1620-1727
(2013-02-08)This dissertation is a political and environmental history of winter in the colonial Northeast during some of the coldest years of the Little Ice Age. Unlike conventional histories of Atlantic encounters and environmental ... -
Verschachtelte Räume: Writing and Reading Environments in W. G. Sebald
(2012-08-15)This dissertation focuses on the construction of the narrated environment in W. G. Sebald's <em>Die Ausgewanderten</em>, <em>Die Ringe des Saturn</em>, and <em>Austerlitz</em>. Drawing on a constellation of ecocritical ...