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The Banff Photographic Exchange: Albums, Youth, Skiing, and Memory Making in the 1920s
“We Want Pictures so Kodak as You Go”: Promoting Winter Recreation in Banff in the 1920s
Category Archives: Public History
Titanic EnvHist?
For the past week news sources have promoted the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. The commemoration focused on the people and the events of the night; the tales of survival and the grief of the loss of life. There … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Opinion, Public History
Tagged commemoration, envhist, Environment, Historiography, public history, Reflection, Titanic
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ASEH 2012: Madison Wisconsin and Digital History
Early on Thursday morning environmental historians from across the United States, Canada, and Europe converged on Madison, Wisconsin for the annual ASEH meeting. Madison is not an easy, or cheap, place to get to and it seemed like everyone had … Continue reading
RIP Eastman/Kodak
Kodak is dead. Today, after weeks of speculation, the media announced the fabled camera company had filed for bankruptcy. It is a great loss that in the age of planned obsolescence and a public that seems to constantly drool over … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Public History, Visual history
Tagged Banff, kodak, photography, Reflection, skiing, visuality
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Archives and the Digital World
The University of Alberta has a digital archive called ERA (Education and Research Archive) where any one working at the university can deposit electronic records. The items deposited include drafts of published papers, datasets, research materials, conference presentations, course materials, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Public History, Research
Tagged Archives, arctic, Canada, canadian circumpolar institute, photographs, Research
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A Circulpolar Interlude
There is a hidden gem for environmental history at the University of Alberta. It is called Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI). The CCI is an interdisciplinary institute with a mandate to promote and enhance the knowledge, awareness and sustainability of polar … Continue reading
EHTV: Live from the Field
In April NiCHE started a new project to share with the world what Canadian Environmental Historians do. A number of Flip cameras were purchased, branded with NiCHE skins, and distributed to willing historians to take with them as they research … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, NiCHE, Public History, Shameless Promotion
Tagged Canada, Documentary, EHTV, Environment, Graduate Students, NiCHE, public history, video podcast
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Lessons from Environmental History: Success Through Past Failures
Pivotal moments in Canadian environmentalism are not restricted to successes; failures to produce change and instances where institutions created to promote a more sustainable way of living are also important. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Environmentalism, Public History, Research
Tagged Activism, Canada, conservation, dissertation, Environmentalism, Opinion, Researching
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Public Environmental History
How do we go about making environmental history more public? This is a difficult task and I think it requires a shift in thinking about the field. Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Environmentalism, Public History
Tagged Canada, Environment, Environmentalism, NiCHE, public history, Reflection, World
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The Canmore-Provincial Parks Conundrum
The province of Alberta is looking to changing how provincial parks are regulated. Nowhere will these changes have a greater affect than Canmore. CPAWS, the Sierra Club, and other conservation interest groups have taken up lamenting how these changes will … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Opinion, Public History
Tagged Canmore, conservation, Environment, Mines, mountains, parks, public history, Reflection, wilderness
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Lauren Wheeler, Can Enviro Rock? 