Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Presents
MORE OR LESS IN COMMON: Environment and Justice in the Human Landscape
Thursday, June 8, 2023
10:45 to 1:30 PM
A Virtual Event with Fellow Alumnus Garrett Dash Nelson
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The climate crisis is a matter of environmental injustice; it is also a matter of historical injustice. How can historical visualizations illuminate past inequities, present realities, and future possibilities for adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change?
Human geographer Garrett Dash Nelson will explore the uneven distributions of harm, responsibility, vulnerability, and power, in both historical and local perspectives. The city of Boston and its environs will serve as a microcosm for the exploration of ways in which climate change will amplify a century’s worth of environmental injustice. Can historical visualizations help us to overcome the structuring effects of this legacy?
Learn More About Garrett Dash Nelson
Garrett Dash Nelson (he/him) is a historical geographer whose work focuses on the relationship between community structure, geographic units, and political ideology. He holds an AB from Harvard College in Social Studies and Visual & Environmental Studies, an MA from the University of Nottingham in Landscape & Culture, and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Geography.