Tag: colonialism

Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp

January 19, 2026

In this blog, first published as a ‘Snapshot’ in Environment and History (November 2025) Eliot Fackler shows how the histories of western Lake Erie and the Black Swamp provide lessons from Indigenous land-use practices which might offer new ways of addressing current environmental challenges. On 2 August 2014, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and public … More Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp

Gardens and Empires: A Two-Day Conference at the British Library to Unearth the Power Behind Gardens

July 15, 2025

In this blog post, Plant Perspectives associate editor Diego Molina reviews the British Library Conference Gardens and Empires, held on 27–28 June 2025. Plant Perspectives‘ Deputy Editor Isis Brook’s report on the linked exhibition will follow soon… On the 27th and 28th of June, the conference Gardens and Empires took place at the British Library in London. … More Gardens and Empires: A Two-Day Conference at the British Library to Unearth the Power Behind Gardens

Decolonising Plant Relations Through Creative Practice

July 3, 2024

In this blog, Kristina Van Dexter, Creative Submissions co-editor (with Prue Gibson) of Plant Perspectives reflects on her deep engagement with the relations and languages of plant life that compose forest-worlds. Listen closely to the language of the forest – the decay and decomposition, the generative relations of fungi and roots, the rhythmic comings and … More Decolonising Plant Relations Through Creative Practice

INEQUALITIES IN THE LAND: COLONIAL LEGACIES AND THE QUEST FOR LAND EQUITY IN ZIMBABWE

May 22, 2024

In this blog, originally published as the ICEHO pages in Global Environment 17.1 (February 2024), Admire Mseba outlines attempts to address land inequalities in postcolonial Zimbabwe, arguing that such efforts often ‘essentially ignore longstanding forms of inequality, anchored in systems of power with deep roots in the precolonial past and reinforced by colonial policies’. In … More INEQUALITIES IN THE LAND: COLONIAL LEGACIES AND THE QUEST FOR LAND EQUITY IN ZIMBABWE