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Exploring the Origins of Earth System Science
Earth System Science (ESS) underpins our contemporary collective and scientific representation of the Earth. It is grounded in the institutional work
Feeding Germany: Nutrition and the German Countryside, 1871–1923
This project examines scientific eating and the science of nutrition in Germany between 1871 and 1923. It probes notions of what it meant for food to
Engineering Growth: Infrastructures of Planning in Japanese Overseas Development
My project examines the history of Japan's overseas development system in Asia from its origins in Japan's colonial rule over much of Asia before 1945
A China-Centered Perspective on the Travels of Rice, Tea, and Cotton through Early Modern Eurasia
During the colonial period, Westerners deliberately planned the introduction of valuable Asian crops such as rice, tea, or cotton to territories under
The Industrial Organism
During the long nineteenth century, biologists and geologists developed a teleological theory of evolution according to which organic entities exhibit
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The Art of Judgement in Wetlands
The ecological category of wetland is very recent and it came into use only in the second half of the last century, when the dramatic loss of wet land
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In spite of this awareness, the notion of wetland is highly problematic: it is not self-evident what constitutes wetlands as they are, by definition,
Fossil Modernity—Technical Materialities and Time Regimes in the Anthropocene
Most definitions of the Anthropocene connect this new era to the industrial use of fossil resources. However, crude oil, coal, and natural gas have ha
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In cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion at Mülheim/Ruhr (MPICEC) the path from the history of fossil technology to