I really like these maps and visualizations. Canadian Refining Capacity, 1952-53. Source: Oil in Canada, April 21, 1952, p. 22
The other thing that got me thinking about iPhones for digital history and public history is the extent to which these are the tools used in the field by folks working in public history jobs in the sector.
Mark Humphries has been posting about some of his experiments with GAI in historical research that’s work considering. I’ve been playing around with a couple things too. I believe Bill Turkel is organizing a workshop at Western. generativehistory.substack.com
Exploring the use of generative AI in historical teaching and research. Click to read Generative History, by Mark Humphries, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Generative Al licences from multiple platforms for experiments. iPad pros for lidar scanning. iPhones for media production and geospatial stuff.
Similar point of view, 190 years apart. The fence in the foreground of John Howard’s 1834 painting of William Allan’s Moss Park estate (ROM collections) would be just beyond today’s Moss Park Armoury at background-centre of photo. #aghist#cdnhist#envhistutorontopress.com/978148755353...
New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article on the 1972 𝘔𝘺𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘢 oil spill in the Singapore Strait, its environmental impact, and subsequent policy changes. By Miklas Sauermann. Read it on the Environment & Society Portal! #envhist#envhum
This article explors the 1972 Myrtea oil spill in the Singapore Strait, its environmental impact, and subsequent policy changes.
This month I feature @danrueck.bsky.social@julialaite.bsky.social@washingtonpost.com#envhist#envhum
We thrilled to announce that Andrew Watson is our 2024 NiCHE Prize for Best Book in Canadian #EnvHist@ubcpress.bsky.socialniche-canada.org/2024/06/19/b...#cdnhist#books
Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920 by Andrew Watson is this year's winner of best book in Canadian environmental history.
Today on our site we have "The Many and Amphibious Lives of China’s Historical Wetlands" by Yan Gao This post by Yan Gao is the twelfth post in the Wetland Wednesday series, edited by @gabtm.bsky.socialniche-canada.org/2024/06/19/t...#envhist#china#wetlands
Because of the very fluid nature of wetlands, people in the valley developed lifestyles that shifted between land and water.
My colleague and friend just won the prize for best book in Canadian environmental history. Congratulations, Andrew! niche-canada.org/2024/06/19/b...#envhist#cdnhist
Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920 by Andrew Watson is this year's winner of best book in Canadian environmental history.