"I hear the jury's still out on science"
@robgioielli.bsky.social
Environmental history/humanities, urban history, transit, strip mall restaurants, gas station fried chicken, housing, 1970s subway station design, kebab and korv stands. Not necessarily in that order. Director, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. VMO
Integrating these perspectives opened up a whole new perspective for me, hopefully reflected in this article, that I am continuing to develop for the larger project on the environmental history of white flight since the 1970s.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Integrating these perspectives opened up a whole new perspective for me, hopefully reflected in this article, that I am continuing to develop for the larger project on the environmental history of white flight since the 1970s.
But I realized I had to go back and think about the single-family home itself, as a social and material artifact, something produced by specific historic political and economic systems, but that was also a dwelling with bedrooms, and kitchen, a yard, a garage and a driveway.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
But I realized I had to go back and think about the single-family home itself, as a social and material artifact, something produced by specific historic political and economic systems, but that was also a dwelling with bedrooms, and kitchen, a yard, a garage and a driveway.
The article reflected a shift in my thinking about the environmental history of American suburbia. I had been writing about the political economy of housing and automobility in suburbia separately, and trying to connect factors such as gender, social reproduction, racial anxieties about crime.
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The article reflected a shift in my thinking about the environmental history of American suburbia. I had been writing about the political economy of housing and automobility in suburbia separately, and trying to connect factors such as gender, social reproduction, racial anxieties about crime.
Such an important topic and project. I feel like the current "woke" backlash can be rooted all the way into the culture wars of the 1990s? Or at least certain actors and institutions have been waiting in the wings and stoking this for 30 years.
May 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Such an important topic and project. I feel like the current "woke" backlash can be rooted all the way into the culture wars of the 1990s? Or at least certain actors and institutions have been waiting in the wings and stoking this for 30 years.
This is what made US a research superpower. It was not just money. And also it will not be about "poaching" as much as non-US researchers choosing EU or other countries instead of the US in the long-run.
May 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what made US a research superpower. It was not just money. And also it will not be about "poaching" as much as non-US researchers choosing EU or other countries instead of the US in the long-run.
Total EU/UK funding roughly matches US science funding (excluding DoD) but the US offered a single unified and integrated research infrastructure, with one working language career and development scheme. It's tough to bounce from France, to Spain, to Italy. Different research cultures, etc.
May 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Total EU/UK funding roughly matches US science funding (excluding DoD) but the US offered a single unified and integrated research infrastructure, with one working language career and development scheme. It's tough to bounce from France, to Spain, to Italy. Different research cultures, etc.