The struggle between the natural and social sciences has been a long-time battle, especially in the environmental community.  Both sides use similar arguments to support their sides, which we can look at using the three argument types that we used in our classes on anthropocene: counting to 1/monism, counting to 2/dualism, counting beyond 2/understanding that the […]

In class we collected what we thought of as the current state of the earth (often in the words of authors we have been reading and not necessarily our own beliefs), and juxtaposed this with a collection of ways in which we categorize realities, such as the current state of the earth.  Each of these […]

For much of this year, Clinton has spoken with ease — and little controversy — about female empowerment. At Tina Brown’s ‘Women in the World’ conference in April, Clinton declared that the “double standard” for women was “alive and well.” In countless public appearances, she has opened up about how that standard played out in […]

In order to understand the Malheur occupation that is happening right now from the occupier’s point of view, I looked into the way that they use the phrase “the people.”  A lot of the stances that they are upholding are rooted in a history that closely follows the use of specific words.  Such words include […]

Here is a quick mind-map as we analyze the actors of the Malheur occupation and the theories/big words within in. Certain big words and ideas are used by or to describe different sets of actors in this situation.  The occupier’s big words include, but are not limited to: martyr, the people, rights, liberty, property, patriot, constitution, […]