Saumya Pandey

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I am a PhD researcher studying the sedimentary archives in the Himalayan rivers. Anthropology. History. Science.

What is happening in #Maui & elsewhere is #ClimateColoniality, where #colonial & #imperial oppression, #capitalist exploitation & #racialized control create conditions of worsening #climate #injustices.

A couple of readings to help more comprehensive understanding of these components related to #climatecrisis:
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1. What is climate coloniality: https://www.farhanasultana.com/climate-coloniality/

2. What is climate justice: https://www.farhanasultana.com/critical-climate-justice/

3. What is decolonizing climate governance: https://tinyurl.com/yc2avxr7

Climate Coloniality – Dr. Farhana Sultana

Climate Coloniality: The extremely uneven and inequitable impacts of climate change.

Dr. Farhana Sultana

Petermann Glacier is a magnificent outlet glacier Greenland and it drains about 4% of the ice sheet.

The title says it all: in spite of what you might have heard, it's not growing. If you're interested in finding out how we know it's not, even though some people think it might be and what is likely next for this glacier, read on.

#Greenland #GreenlandIceSheet #ClimateChange #Ostenfeld #icebergs #PetermannGlacier

https://sternaparadisaea.net/2023/08/10/no-petermann-glacier-is-not-growing/

No, Petermann Glacier is not growing..

Petermann glacier in Northern Greenland drains 4% of the Greenland ice sheet and is advancing, but it’s not growing, what might the future hold?

Sterna Paradisaea
Researchers presenting their research on climate change as a function of behavioural economics without an iota of reflection on economic growth models: *slow claps*
Super excited to share this opportunity! We’re looking for someone with a Masters who wants to get a #envhist PhD and be paid 3 years (at good salary) to do it in Stavanger with The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities:
PhD Fellowship in History – Cultural or Public History of the Ocean, University of Stavanger
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/241006/phd-fellowship-in-history-cultural-history-of-the-ocean-public-history-of-the-ocean
PhD Fellowship in History – Cultural History of the Ocean / Public History of the Ocean (241006) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in History – Cultural History of the Ocean / Public History of the Ocean (241006), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Friday, April 21, 2023

Jobbnorge.no
Mumbai: 18-year-old IIT Bombay student jumps to death from hostel building; probe on

The first end-semester examinations at IIT Bombay concluded on Saturday, February 11, 2023, leading the police to speculate that the academic pressure could have taken a toll on the student too.

Free Press Journal
#HistSTM and #EnvHist #histodons & friends - register now for a free one-day online event on "Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century" on the 26th April https://durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/nineteenth-century-studies/about/events/-environmentalism-in-the-nineteenth-century-/ really something for everyone on there, medicine, animals, anthropocenes, mammoths...
Environmentalism in the Nineteenth Century - Durham University

Fieldwork for Future Ecologies - edited by Bridget Crone, Sam Nightingale, Polly Stanton

"At once a handbook for research and practice and a philosophical speculation, this book offers the unique opportunity to explore ways of working within vastly diverse climates and terrains using image, sound, movement and other sensing technologies. It also offers more creative and speculative interventions into the idea and location of the ‘field’ itself."

https://www.onomatopee.net/exhibition/fieldwork-for-future-ecologies/#publication_19543

Fieldwork for Future Ecologies | Onomatopee

Onomatopee

The research project 'Animapolis' at the University of Amsterdam just advertised some terrific PhD and Postdoc positions

Apply here: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/320638/postdoctoral-researcher-for-project-political-animals/

Postdoctoral Researcher for Project 'Political Animals'

The University of Amsterdam's Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies (GPIO) welcomes applicants for a postdoctoral research position within the research project ANIMAPOLIS ("Political Animals: A More-than-human...

AcademicTransfer
The Routledge Handbook of Critical #Kashmir Studies is out! Grateful for the collective labor & vision of 28 #CriticalKashmir scholars to challenge conventional statist knowledge production on Kashmir. Co-edited by Mona Bhan, Deepti Misri & me.
To my mind there is no way of telling a story of climate change future in Nepal without highlighting the material conditions of its labourers. I think this article speaks of that. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/06/climate-change-heat-kidney-disease/
The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers

Kidney disease has become epidemic among Nepali migrant laborers working in the extreme heat of the Persian Gulf, presaging the world's climate change future.

The Washington Post