Resistance aims to establish itself as a hub for radical scholarship within the field of environmental humanities. If you’re wondering what ‘radical’ means in the context of environmental humanities, here’s our working definition:
Radical environmental humanities encompass any approach that challenges the current status quo in both society and academia, aligning with grassroots movements and marginalized individuals, while contributing to research that fosters more equitable socioecological relationships.
Yet, this definition is not static; it serves as a launching point for collective exploration. Our project with Resistance will involve a deep dive into the multi-faceted realm of radical environmental humanities. We hope that, as readers engage with our journal, there will be no doubt that what they encounter embodies the essence of radical environmental humanities.
Volume 11, no. 1 (Winter 2023)
Contents
Editorial
From Resilience to Resistance: An Almost New Journal for Environmental Humanities
Marco Armiero
Articles
Three Very Short Histories of the Border: Regimes of In/visibility in the Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks
Graham Huggan and Pavla Šimková
All the Queen’s (White) Men: Figures and Limitations of Ecological Masculinity in Cheryl Strayed’s Wild
Luke Rodewald
The Companions of Breath for Planetary Health: Vegetal Lessons from Plants and The Botanical City
Nasima Selim
How to Make Preserves: Turning Maine Wild Blueberries into Environmental Jam
Danila Cannamela and Lydia Ann Gargano
Biofoul: Dirty Interfaces and the Politics of Technological Hygiene
Lisa Yin Han
The Dark Side of the White Alps: Guerilla Narratives in the Marble Landscape of Tuscany
Chiara Braucher and Marco Armiero
Visual Essay
Hard Matter: Ex-commodities and Repurposed Waste at South Korea’s Joyang Bangjik
Sarah Yoon
Reviews
Living a Lie: Leave the World Behind, Sam Esmail, 2023
Carlos Tabernero
Ecotopia: An Updated Book Review
Teja Šosterič
Statement of Publishing Ethics
Submission Guidelines
Resistance: A Journal of Radical Environmental Humanities is now accepting interdisciplinary submissions to fit the new theme of the journal. We welcome contributions from any discipline or interdisciplinary blend. Additionally, we are open to non-academic submissions, including creative writing, poetry, activist reports, and other forms of expression. While submissions can vary in length, please note that we will not publish texts exceeding 7,000 words. Please send all submissions through Editorial Manager.
Reviews
Resistance encourages authors to engage with and cite sources and scholarship historically excluded from the academy. As a radical collective, we foster diversity in all its forms and ask our authors to be self-reflexive about the many biases that mark our academic work.
Proposal for a Special Issue
Resistance: A Journal of Radical Environmental Humanities welcomes proposals for special issues on any theme within the field of environmental humanities, broadly defined. We request that guest editors submit a proposal including the following:
A brief presentation of the special issue that explains its relevance to the concept of radical environmental humanities. The proposal should also include a tentative schedule (maximum 500 words).
A synopsis of the articles, including the names of the authors and concise bios for each of them (350 words).
Please note that a special issue should not exceed 270,000 characters in total, including spaces. Ideally, this would allow for six articles of approximately 45,000 characters each. We encourage you to send proposals for special issues, intervention series, experiments, or any other innovative projects to armiero@icrea.cat
Other Proposals
In addition to special issues and individual articles, Resistance also welcomes creative proposals that align with the journal's objectives. Feel free to contact us if you have an idea for a series of contributions.
Marco Armiero is an ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) Research Professor at the Institut d’Història de la Ciència (IHC) – Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Marco has worked at the intersection of environmental history, political ecology, and environmental humanities. His scholarship has always been committed to social and environmental justice, bridging academia and communities.
Stephanie Foote (West Virginia University)
Stephanie LeMenager (University of Oregon)
Editorial collective EC
This body will be in charge of collectively leading the journal.
Advisory Board AB
This board has the task of advising the EC on its strategic and long-term plans. They will also help in widening the scope and reach of the journal.
Radical environmental humanities collective RC
This wide body comprises early career researchers who will be involved in bringing all kinds of creative experiments to the journal. In particular, the RC will curate the section on public environmental humanities.
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Resistance Lecture Series: White Nationalism and GOP Climate ObstructionWatch the first of the Resistance lecture series in radical environmental humanities, given by Laura Pulido of the University of Oregon on September 17th.