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CHE—Center for Culture, History, and Environment—is a multidisciplinary research center of the @NelsonInstitute at @UWMadison, and sponsor of @edgeeffectsmag.

Madison, Wisconsin
Joined September 2014
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🛤️Join us next Wednesday for our last CHE Colloquium of the year! 🛤️It's "Settlement and Development Along Wisconsin's Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad," with John Canfield, PhD Student in Sociology. che.nelson.wisc.edu/all-even…
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On #EarthWeek, the @NelsonInstitute offers cause for hope. See how @UWMadison professors are working to address our environmental challenges. @uwche @SustainUW @UWUniverCity @WaterUWMadison @ESWNtweets @WICCI_WI @PaulRobbins15 @greggmitman @earthday onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/ear…
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Planning to meet some old friends at #ASEH2023? Stop by the @ICEnvHist table to contribute to our travel funds for @wceh2024!! @ASEH_org
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We’re here @uwche!! 💫🥳 There’s still time to reserve your spot for a VR screening and virtual talk with @bombshelltoe, all happening tomorrow! ⬇️ che.nelson.wisc.edu/all-even… #nuclearban #vr #impactstorytelling #onthemorningyouwake #TechForGood
📣 Here we come Madison, WI! 📌 March 9-10 We're excited to partner with @uwche to engage @UWMadison students & the greater @CityofMadison community with VR screenings of our project, PLUS a virtual talk with our Impact Fellow @bombshelltoe on 3/10! ➡️ che.nelson.wisc.edu/all-even…
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The Sixth Extinction is the popular name for the ongoing human-driven biodiversity crisis. But what is the history of this crisis? When does it begin? Join @uwche this Friday as they host @Oklahomaharper for a lecture, Q&A, and reception. go.wisc.edu/harper
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We asked scholars of #food and #agriculture what texts they're excited to engage with in the semester ahead. Check out the recs below from @DrFlachsophone, Lisa Jean Moore, @joshsbicca, @ProfSecchi, @sarahdimick, @mollydelcarmen, and @NanEnstad edgeeffects.net/faculty-favo…
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It’s December—time for all the year-end roundups! Here at Edge Effects, we’re highlighting just a few of our favorites from a wonderful year chock-full of insightful essays from the world of environmental humanities. #envhum #YearinReview #BestOf2022 edgeeffects.net/2022-year-in…
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Today we welcome @BenIuliano as the new managing editor of Edge Effects! Ben is a Ph.D. candidate in @UWiBio who researches insects. 🐞 His broad interests include multispecies justice, food systems, and the political economy of agriculture. It's going to be a fantastic year!
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"In one pond, I see a submerged traffic cone, an old tire breaking through the surface, and an egret hunting." @gardiner_allen traces how the @BaytownNatureCt is enmeshed with local industry and makes a case for imperfect restoration. #UnpureImagination edgeeffects.net/baytown-natu…
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Today in the #UnpureImagination series, Madeleine Bavley @petrobiproduct imagines how the kink community's ethos of "play better together" could center pleasure in the #environmental movement. #envhum edgeeffects.net/kink-ecology…
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Today on Edge Effects, Chelsea Fisher from @WLUEnvStudies uncovers the extractive legacies of iron and paper production in the Jefferson National Forest @GWJNF on a field trip with her students. #envanth #envhist #UnpureImagination edgeeffects.net/jefferson-na…
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Even before the pandemic, migrant farmworkers were risking their health to put food on grocery store shelves. For our #UnpureImagination series, @MicaelaEdelson shows how exposure to toxic #pesticides harms vulnerable workers and #rural communities. edgeeffects.net/farmworker-p…
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"You just should not be able to contaminate people's #drinkingwater." On today's episode of Ground Truths, we learn how agricultural #pollution is affecting the health of residents in Portage County, WI—and how community action can make a difference. edgeeffects.net/nitrate-poll…
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Happy #PrideMonth! In the latest essay from the #UnpureImagination series, Amelia Carter @melia_arter from @uofuehum maps the cultural and geological fluctuations of a popular #queer resort spot. #envhist #envhum #FireIsland #PrideMonth2022 edgeeffects.net/queer-ecolog…
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Tourists flock to the Caribbean for its pristine beaches, but it has increasingly become a dumping ground for the world’s unmanaged trash. Ysabel Muñoz Martínez @ysaolga94 charts the rise of wastescapes in the #Anthropocene. #discardstudies #envhum edgeeffects.net/swimming-wit…
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Ocelots are an important part of the ecosystem in South Texas, but their survival is threatened by industrial development. Shari Wilcox @ocelotltx describes her work keeping these wild cats safe and thriving. 📷: @USFWS #endangeredspecies #conservation edgeeffects.net/texas-ocelot…
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Edge Effects is kicking off #BikeMonth in style! In this eclectic list, our editors share anti-racist, feminist, and inclusive bike history, news, and reflections. There's a little something for everyone! Check it out: edgeeffects.net/bike-month-e… #envhist #cycling
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Because we can't resist a good roundup, the editors at Edge Effects have put together a "cyclisticle" to kick off #BikeMonth! It's an eclectic range of reflections on bike history and media, with shout-outs to @blackgrlsdobike, @CyclingMadison, and more. edgeeffects.net/bike-month-e…
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Congratulations to @EnglishUW associate professor and @uwche faculty associate Joshua Calhoun who recently received the William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award and was honored with fellow Distinguished Teaching Award recipients at a ceremony on April 19. bit.ly/3vm2JK5
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In Australia, #kangaroos hold a unique place in cultural, political, and ecological imaginaries. In this debut essay of the #UnpureImagination series, @Sophie_MH_Chao uncovers the palate politics of eating kangaroo. #anthropology #anthrotwitter edgeeffects.net/kangatariani…
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