Author Archives: buenon
War Against Nature, the Backbone of the South
“You’ve heard the phrase “war is hell.” But you probably haven’t heard the phrase “war is when you attack agroecosystems.” It’s a lesser known aphorism of General Sherman’s, to be sure…. But reading Lisa Brady’s book, War Upon the Land, … Continue reading
Nature normal, humans awed
“I just found a wonderful cluster of photos purporting to show organic matter embracing and snaking its way through human-built structures. Among these, I’m not surprised to note, is a shot by yet another photographer of the abandoned Namibian mining … Continue reading
Environmental History on the Rails
“With summer drawing to a close, I took the opportunity to ride the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Albany, Oregon to Union Station in Los Angeles. I’d never taken the train for such a long trip, 28 hours each way. On … Continue reading
The broad VU’
“Today I caught the tail end of a likewise provocative and beautiful exhibit of two women photographers, one capturing (like Williams) images of emptiness that remind us that people were there, in the landscape, and the other showing two sets … Continue reading
Kati Horna — did you know Gisele Freund?
Kati Horna (nee Deutsch Blau) is featured in an exhibit at le Jeu de Paume in Paris right now. Like many women artists and intellectuals, her light has been obscured by the famous company she kept. They were both women … Continue reading
A Sonnet for Anatomist Barthélémy Cabrol
Montpellier surgeon Barthélémy Cabrol (1529-1603) first published his Alphabet anatomic in 1594. A series of tables that graphically represented the parts of the body, it was immensely popular, with eleven editions in the seventeenth century as well as translations into … Continue reading
Roundtable on ‘Arming Mother Nature’
After editing a couple of dozen H-Environment roundtables himself, it is great to have one of Jake Hamblin’s own books, Arming Mother Nature, as the subject of one – this time guest-edited by Michael Egan of McMaster University. You can … Continue reading
“Guns in America” – a Constitution Day event
The School of History, Philosophy, and Religion will be hosting Oregon State Universities annual Constitution Day (9/17) event at 3pm the Memorial Union, La Raza Room. This year, the topic will be “Guns in America.” Details to follow!
Listen in on “The New Surveillance Society” – July 27th on NPR
Assistant professor of history Christopher McKnight Nichols can be heard on Philosophy Talk’s program on the “The New Surveillance Society” which will air nationally on NPR on Sunday July 27, 2014 and throughout that week. (The show was taped in … Continue reading
SHPR Digest-Winter 2014
The latest news and information from the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion (SHPR) at Oregon State University Highlights: The classroom is only the beginning of education. Recognizing this, the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State is … Continue reading