What does it mean to bring deserts, the humanities, and climate change together? Come to this Noons for Now to find out! You will never think about deserts in the same way again.
Speaker: Veronika Kratz is completing her PhD at 杏吧原创 University. She will be taking up a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Queen鈥檚 University in the Fall. She is also the 杏吧原创 Climate Commons鈥� Web Coordinator.
Resource List:
To Read
Desertification in US Fiction聽
Claire Vaye Watkins, , Fame, Citrus (2015)
Frank Herbert, Dune (1965)
Mary Austin, , 1903
Desertification in International Policy聽
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ()
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Desertification in Academic Writings
Diane K. Davis, Scholarship on Desertification, Deserts, Drought, and Land Degradation, , 2016
Michael Mortimore, , eds. Roy Behnke, 2016聽
Jeremy Swift, 鈥淒esertification: Narratives, Winners, & Losers.鈥� In The Lie of the Land: Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment, edited by Melissa Leach and聽
Robin Mearns, 73鈥�90. The International African Institute, 1996.
David S. G. Thomas, and Nicholas J. Middleton. Desertification: Exploding the Myth. John Wiley & Sons (1994).
Vittoria Di Palma, Thinking about American Deserts and Drylands, , 2014.
John Beck, 鈥淭he American Desert as Trope and Terrain.鈥� Nepantla: Views from South, vol. 2, no. 1, 2001, pp. 63鈥�83.
Valerie L. Kuletz, , Routledge (1998)聽
To-Dos
Start noticing the Desertification Narratives in your everyday life and try to see how they might shape your relationship with Deserts
Follow the on Non-GMO drought tolerant plants and crops
Pay attention to drought conditions in Canada as we enter into drought season thanks to