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2. 1. Heritage in Authority-Making : Appropriating Interventions inThree Socio-Political Contexts

   Author : Feras Hammami; Göran Cars; Lars Orrskog; Kristina Grange; Laurajane Smith; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heritage; meaning; authority; discourse; appropriation; historic environments; kulturarv; mening; auktoritet; diskurs; historisk miljö;

   Abstract : The perpetual evolution of the value of heritage in urban development is producing newsocio-spatial realities, shaped by different relationships of power at multiple scales.Heritage has always played an important role in the construction of individual andgroup identities, but is now increasingly seen as a capital for the making of cityidentity. READ MORE

4. 2. The Coloniality of Taste : A political ecology of middle class food practices in a Bolivian city

   Author : Sarah Kollnig; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cochabamba; middle class; white; coloniality; chicken meat; taste;

   Abstract : Cochabamba city, also referred to as the “gastronomic capital of Bolivia”, is a place where different cultures and tastes meet. Indulging in rich culinary traditions is a part of everyday life, but so are social differentiations reproducing long-standing inequalities between the indigenous and the non-indigenous population. READ MORE

5. 3. Animating soils : geoarchaeological approaches to past human-environment relationships in the Arctic

   Author : Philip Jerand; Johan Linderholm; Philip I. Buckland; Carl-Gösta Ojala; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental archaeology; sampling; Sámi archaeology; spatial organisation; Arctic archaeology; geoarchaeology; soil formation; historical archaeology; miljöarkeologi; provtagning; samisk arkeologi; rumslig organisering; Arktisk arkeologi; geoarkeologi; jordmånsbildning; historisk arkeologi; Archaeology; arkeologi; environmental archaeology; miljöarkeologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis, soils and sediments have been used as sources of information on past human activity in Arctic environments. The study has combined geoarchaeological methods and techniques with information from historical documents, ethnographic accounts, and archaeological remains to create integrated narratives of human-landscape interactions in the past. READ MORE

6. 4. On the complexity of dealing with introduced plants as cultural heritage : a historical multidisciplinary study of plants introduced to Norway from 1750 to 1900, exemplified with Abies alba Mill. (European silver fir) as a case species

   Author : Ulrika Ridbäck; Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; plants; flora; Norway; European silver fir; Abies alba; plant introduction; history; landscape management;

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7. 5. Coal Lives : Italians and the Metabolism of Coal in Wallonia, Belgium, 1945-1980

   Author : Daniele Valisena; Marco Armiero; Sverker Sörlin; Don Mitchell; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental humanities; migration; environmental history; coal; mining; metabolism; Italians; ECSC; heritage; toxicity; geo-history; walking methodology; minatori; emigrazione; storia delle migrazioni; storia ambientale; CECA; patrimonio culturale; tossicità; metabolismo; geostoria; mineurs italiens; migration; CECA; patrimoine; metabolisme; geo-histoire; histoire de l environnement; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

   Abstract : This manuscript focuses on the relationship between coal and the history of the over 300,000 Italian miners who moved to Wallonia, Belgium, from 1946 onwards, in accordance to the State agreement between Italy and Belgium known as “men in exchange for coal.” Notably, I use environmental history of migration to analyze what I define as “the metabolism of coal. READ MORE