This article posits three eras of llama/human entanglements. Recent Posts
Learning from the llama
This article posits three eras of llama/human entanglements. Agricultural programs in Mexico and India
In her research report, Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard concentrates on different aspects of the RF’s activities in this arena. Fauna nativa enjaulada
La geógrafa Claudia Leal reconstruye la historia de tres de los principales zoológicos colombianos, lo que le permite reflexionar sobre la relación de nuestras sociedades con el mundo natural. Sobre la historia de los cantos de las aves o los cantos de las aves como historia
“Muchas aves, después de todo, transmiten y aprenden sus cantos unas de otras, construyen sobre ellos y los complican, recogiendo otros sonidos que asumen e incorporan, sonidos humanos incluidos.” El artículo de Concepción Cortés Zulueta, Investigadora post-doctoral de la Universidad de Málaga, es parte del dossier sobre la historia de los animales. Museums contributed to extinction of only Central American seal
The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis), the only seal species native to Central America, was declared extinct in 2008. This article traces how collection practices by museums, zoos, and aquariums contributed to its extinction. History, historians and the covid-19 pandemic
This article from the dossier “Pandemics and epidemics in historical perspective”, of the journal Topoi, discusses, through a provocation to nine historians from different institutions and countries, the impact of the pandemic on their profession and on the field of history. .
