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Pischke, Solomon, and Wellstead Publish on U.S. Climate Change Policy in the Pan-American Context

Published March 7, 2018

Erin Pischke (SS PhD graduate/Post Doc), Barry Solomon (SS Emeritus) and Adam Wellstead (SS) recently published “A Historical Analysis of US Climate Change Policy in the Pan-American Context” in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

New Book: “Environmental Policy and the Pursuit of Sustainability” Edited by Schelly and Banerjee. Features Chapters by Kreuze, Pischke, and Sidortsov

Published February 23, 2018

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Chelsea Schelly and Aparajita Banerjee (PhD EEP) are co-editors of the volume Environmental Policy and Pursuit of Sustainability, just published by Rout ledge. Contributing authors/co-authors include Amanda Kreuze (MS EEP), Erin Pischke (PhD EEP), and Roman Sidortsov along with Banerjee and Schelly.

Scarlett, Trepal, and Keweenaw Time Traveler Research on how Copper Country Towns have Changed Featured in Detroit Free Press

Published February 20, 2018

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Research by Sarah Scarlett (SS) and Dan Trepal, a PhD student in Industrial Heritage and Archeology, was featured in the Detroit Free Press. The article describes how the Keweenaw Time Traveler can be used to understand how Copper Country towns have changed over time.

Arnold and Lafreniere Publish on Creating a Longitudinal Data-driven Model of Change over Time

Published February 2, 2018

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Industrial Heritage and Archeology PhD graduate John Arnold and Don Lafreniere (SS/GLRC) published the article: “Creating a Longi tudinal, Data-driven 3D Model of Change Over Time in a Postindustrial Landscape Using GIS and CityEngine,” in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development.

Lafreniere Recent Publications

Published February 2, 2018

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Don Lafreniere (SS/GLRC) recently published the “Routledge Companion to Spatial History (Routledge, UK, 2018, 636 pp.), which he co-edited with Ian Gregory (Lancaster University, UK) and Don Debats (Flinders University, Australia).

Lafreniere also co-authored three chapters of the 28-chapter volume: “Introduction” (chapter 1), “Following Workers of the Industrial City across a Decade: Residential, Occupational, and Workplace Mobilities” (chapter 14), and “‘A city of the white race occupies its place’: Kanaka Row, Chinatown, and the Indian Quarter in Victorian Victoria” (chapter 15).

Re-Imagining the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Published January 31, 2018

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Angie Carter recently published the co-written article, “Public Action for Public Science: Re-imagining the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture” in Capitalism Nature Socialism Vol. 0, Iss. 0, 2018 in a special ecofeminism edition. The article analyzes community based efforts to rebuild the Center after its defunding by the State legislature.

Solomon Publishes on Geographies of Energy

Published January 30, 2018

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Professor Emeritus Barry D. Solomon (SS) recently published the “Handbook on the Geographies of Energy” (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, 2017, 576 pp.), which he co-edited with Kirby Calvert (University of Guelph, Canada).

Solomon also co-authored three chapters of the 37-chapter volume: Introduction (chapter 1), Geographical Dimensions of Wind Power (chapter 10), and Geography of Geothermal Energy Technologies (chapter 12).

Schelly Discusses Her Book “Dwelling in Resistance” in Podcast

Published January 2, 2018

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Chelsea Schelly’s latest book, Dwelling in Resistance: Living with Alternative Technologies in America (Rutgers University Press, 2017), was the feature of a podcast with Dr. Michael O. Johnston on the New Books Network website. Click here to learn more and to listen to the podcast.

L’Anse Area Solar Feasibility Study Released

Published December 18, 2017

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Michigan Technological University students and the Upper Peninsula Solar Technical Assistance Team (UPSTART) presented the results of the community solar feasibility study to Village of L’Anse community members on Dec. 13. The project seeks to determine whether L’Anse residents are interested in community solar and how to best design a program that would be affordable and accessible.

The full report is posted online at http://www.mtu.edu/social-sciences/research/reports/

http://www.upmatters.com/news/local-news/upstart-provides-results-from-proposed-lanse-community-solar-garden-survey/880819875

Baird Publishes New Book- “Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes”

Published December 14, 2017

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Melissa Baird’s new book, “Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes” was published by University Press of Florida.

This book explores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes and the many issues that emerge when different interest groups attempt to gain control over them. Based on career-spanning case studies undertaken by the author, this book looks at sites with deep indigenous histories. Melissa Baird pays special attention to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Burrup Peninsula along the Pilbara Coast in Australia, the Altai Mountains of northwestern Mongolia, and Prince William Sound in Alaska. For many communities, landscapes such as these have long been associated with cultural identity and memories of important and difficult events, as well as with political struggles related to nation-state boundaries, sovereignty, and knowledge claims.

Retrieved from http://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813056562

For more information or to order the book, visit the UPF website.

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