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Mourning a disaster: ecology of loss in Uttarakhand

Mourning a disaster: ecology of loss in Uttarakhand

by Talking Humanities | Mar 2, 2021 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Known for its steep, defined, fragile and mysterious landscape, the Himalayas, the third pole, recently witnessed a devastating flood. Dr Rahul Ranjan, a political anthropologist at Oslo Metropolitan University, explores the emotional impact of the disaster.  On 7...
Nature’s villains – the misrepresentation and demonisation of hyenas

Nature’s villains – the misrepresentation and demonisation of hyenas

by Talking Humanities | Jan 7, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Research & Resources

Hyenas get a bad press. But they’ve found a champion in Professor Keith Somerville, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and fellow of the Zoological Society of London, who is on a mission to clean up their image. Watching the BBC’s...
Research at its peak: alternative side of mountaineering

Research at its peak: alternative side of mountaineering

by Talking Humanities | Apr 5, 2018 | Interviews

Environmental historian Dr Ben Anderson, discusses his research around the explosion in mountain leisure among English and German-speaking Europeans in the 19th and 20th centuries. I am an environmental historian based at Keele University, whose central curiosity lies...

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