398 – Surroundings
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Host: Nora Ludewig Shownoter: Jochen Spalding Gast: Etienne Benson
I wanted to make an episode on a topic from the history of science for a long time, finally it happened. This is an interview with Etienne Benson, professor of the history of science and technology, on the history of how people of the western world have been seeing, studying and explaining their environment. We talk mostly about his book, Surroundings, but also briefly about his current field of study.
Introduction of Todays Guest Dr. Etienne Benson
00:02:55Dr. Etienne Benson's Book
00:15:11Surroundings: A History of Environments and Environmentalisms First Edition by Etienne S. Benson | Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife (Animals, History, Culture) by Etienne S. Benson | Darwinism | Epigenetics | Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | Lamarckism | Milieu | Jane Addams | W. E. B. Du Bois
How Did The Term Environment Evolve?
00:37:00Environmentalism | Environmental Defense Fund | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment | Ozone depletion | How Nuclear Tests Spawned Environmentalism | Murray Bookchin | Rachel Carson
Welcome back Nora!
If I was to offer a critique to this and most other non-German episodes it would be to ask you very politely to stop feeling the need to apologize for any deficiency in any foreign language. Being an almost fluent native speaker of English it is solely for me to intensely thank you for choosing to use my language rather than for you to pre-empt any upcoming errors.
It is a deep delight (and sometimes unintentionally humorous) for us to hear you and Markus speak, and considering the only other language I know how to speak is Aviation it becomes even more impressive that the both of you try your best for your careers and us too!
Again Nora, it’s fantastic to hear you back on the pod… keep doing that.