Why do academics travel so much? The first reason is the most obvious: as part of their research in order to get new material to base their publications on. Secondly, there is conference attendance. Thirdly, there is the sheer joy of travelling and experiencing other countries, something that strengthen the incentives of the other two. … Continue reading “Gabriel Söderberg: Concerning Aviation in the Service of Academics and Other Individuals”
Browsing the webpages of Swedish electronic waste recycling companies, I happen to come across the climate wheel, an online infotainment tool that allows the user to balance human conservation with human generation of CO2 emission. Strongly resembling a fortune wheel, the climate wheel is divided in twelve wedges. Eight of them (colored in blue) show … Continue reading “Jennie Olofsson: What do you get if you recycle ten CRT screens?”
Last May I attended the biennial Environmental History PhD Workshop at the Australian National University, Canberra – my very first trip to Australia. This is a brief account of that trip (loosely) inspired by Sir George Wheler’s (1650-1723) A Journey into Greece (1682) with snippets from my travel journal. Waiting for the interminable hours to … Continue reading “Anna Svensson: Following Botanical Footsteps”
I love travelling. I love seeing new places, meeting new people, exploring the variety of cultural expressions (and impressions), telling me that this is not my hometown. Often this process starts already by the window of the train or aeroplane. The geological and urban morphology, the architecture, the flora and fauna – every sign of … Continue reading “Josefin Wangel – Pocket in Time (or, “you will never see me at Bali”)”
