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The dam as catastrophe: connecting geological models to modern history
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-6707
The concept of the Anthropocene implies a coincidence of modern history and geological time. This coincidence has generated controversy, animating debates in several disciplines and obscuring other profitable ways to connect history and geology. This article draws inspiration from British geologist Derek Ager’s seminal 1973 text, The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record, to suggest how different geological models of change might influence modern historical interpretation. Such models suggest new ways of conceptualizing the historical relationship of material, time, and space. Drawing also on recently translated work by Reinhart Koselleck, this research applies Ager’s geological models to a history of dam building in Turkey. The result is a layered, nonlinear, entangled, and decentralized narrative that suggests new methods of analysis in modern environmental history.
The dam as catastrophe: connecting geological models to modern history
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-6707
The concept of the Anthropocene implies a coincidence of modern history and geological time. This coincidence has generated controversy, animating debates in several disciplines and obscuring other profitable ways to connect history and geology. This article draws inspiration from British geologist Derek Ager’s seminal 1973 text, The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record, to suggest how different geological models of change might influence modern historical interpretation. Such models suggest new ways of conceptualizing the historical relationship of material, time, and space. Drawing also on recently translated work by Reinhart Koselleck, this research applies Ager’s geological models to a history of dam building in Turkey. The result is a layered, nonlinear, entangled, and decentralized narrative that suggests new methods of analysis in modern environmental history.
The dam as catastrophe: connecting geological models to modern history
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-6707
The concept of the Anthropocene implies a coincidence of modern history and geological time. This coincidence has generated controversy, animating debates in several disciplines and obscuring other profitable ways to connect history and geology. This article draws inspiration from British geologist Derek Ager’s seminal 1973 text, The Nature of the Stratigraphical Record, to suggest how different geological models of change might influence modern historical interpretation. Such models suggest new ways of conceptualizing the historical relationship of material, time, and space. Drawing also on recently translated work by Reinhart Koselleck, this research applies Ager’s geological models to a history of dam building in Turkey. The result is a layered, nonlinear, entangled, and decentralized narrative that suggests new methods of analysis in modern environmental history.
The dam as catastrophe: connecting geological models to modern history
Water Hist
Stahl, Dale J. (author)
Water History ; 13 ; 137-160
2021-04-01
24 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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