Robert Naylor
Lecturer at Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Visiting Fellow at Newcastle’s School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Managing Editor (Global Constitutionalism) at Edinburgh Law School
President of the International Commission for the History of Meteorology
Editorial Board Member for International Review of Environmental History
Volunteer Guide at National Museums Scotland and the Govan Heritage Trust
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Putting Society in the Hotseat: A Videogame Review of Frostpunk, directed by Michał Drozdowski, 11 Bit Studios, 2018
Our discourse is still blighted by what scholars call “environmental determinism” – the idea that the physical environment determines the nature and course of human societies. Such thinking has been used repeatedly to construct, justify, and naturalise racial hierarchies (Livingstone 2012). It has also been used to licence interventionist policies in both traditional and newer…
Atmospheres Beyond Earth
Venera 7 came to the world spinning—the turning of lathes and screws, the whirring of electrical sensors, the screams of grinding metal, the smell of engine oil, the voices of the workers—men and women—who oversaw delivery. Slowly, mind and body came together, and Venera became whole, with the red initials “CCCP” emblazoned on breast. The…
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Weathering Fields explores the meanings that people and societies have ascribed to the relationships between climate, famine events and food supplies. Bringing historical perspectives into conversation with contemporary understandings of environment and climate change, it reveals the diversity and local specificity of climate–food interactions while tracing the connections between local experiences and broader global understandings. Case…
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