Conservation Humanities
Conservation Humanities is a field of academic research and engagement that brings methods and approaches from humanities disciplines (such as history, cultural studies, and anthropology) to bear on the challenges of biodiversity and habitat loss.
The Network
EuCoHN is a community of researchers from throughout Europe who work on just that intersection between conservation and the humanities. Following on from the joint DFG-AHRC funded project “Corridor Talk: Conservation Humanities and the Future of Europe’s National Parks,” the network consists of members from humanities disciplines – area studies, history, literature, anthropology, geography and museum studies. This combination of engaged scholars with diverse academic and geographic backgrounds aims to play significant role in shaping and amplifying the still emergent field of Conservation Humanities by building a focused community and establishing a critical and productive dialogue around the role of the humanities in conservation.
The activities of the network are by no means limited to the academic realm. By establishing working relationships with conservation practitioners, projects and national parks around Europe, network members address the major conservation challenges of our time from both conceptual and on-the-ground perspectives. The links across national, disciplinary and ecological boundaries have the potential to contribute towards more effective and more environmentally and socially just conservation practices in Europe.
Over its first three years, the network will host regular meetings for network members and invited conservation experts, create ties with relevant actors a cross the wider European community, and foster and promote publications in the field.
The European Conservation Humanities Network is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, hosted at Collegium Carolinum and supported by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society at LMU Munich.
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