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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
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Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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16 March 2017
16 March 2017
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Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
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16 March 2017
16 March 2017
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Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
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Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
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CCA Bookstore
CCA Bookstore
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14 February 2010 , 3pm
14 February 2010 , 3pm
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Peter Galison: Waste-Wilderness
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Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
Peter Galison: Waste-Wilderness
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Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
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14 February 2010
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14 February 2010
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159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 post card
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159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 post card
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[Tel Aviv] : Yundler Brondino Verlag, [2021]
[Tel Aviv] : Yundler Brondino Verlag, [2021]
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Toxic garden / AN+ ; Avital Gourary [and five others] ; edited by Stella Fitzgerald ; photography by Aviad Bar Ness.
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159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 post card
Toxic garden / AN+ ; Avital Gourary [and five others] ; edited by Stella Fitzgerald ; photography by Aviad Bar Ness.
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[Tel Aviv] : Yundler Brondino Verlag, [2021]
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22 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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22 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Philadelphia, Pa. : Paint Manufacturers' Association, ©1914.
Philadelphia, Pa. : Paint Manufacturers' Association, ©1914.
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The toxic and antiseptic properties of paints / by Henry A. Gardner.
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22 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The toxic and antiseptic properties of paints / by Henry A. Gardner.
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Philadelphia, Pa. : Paint Manufacturers' Association, ©1914.
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1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color
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1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
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Simone M. Müller : here it is toxic, there it is not.
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1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color
Simone M. Müller : here it is toxic, there it is not.
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[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
[Montréal] : CCA, [2017]
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[6], 394 pages 19 cm
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London, Pluto Press Ltd., 1973.
London, Pluto Press Ltd., 1973.
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London, Pluto Press Ltd., 1973.
London, Pluto Press Ltd., 1973.
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1 set of building blocks (80 pieces) : painted wood ; various sizes in cylindrical cardboard and plastic box 25 x 18 cm diam
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1 set of building blocks (80 pieces) : painted wood ; various sizes in cylindrical cardboard and plastic box 25 x 18 cm diam
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[approximately 1990] (Germany : HEROS, Hermann Rossberg KG)
[approximately 1990] (Germany : HEROS, Hermann Rossberg KG)
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80 bunte hartholz-Bausteine : giftfreie Farben, nicht abfärbend abwaschbar = 80 coloured wooden bricks, non-fading, non-toxic = 80 cubes de couleur en bois, couleurs solides, non toxique.
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1 set of building blocks (80 pieces) : painted wood ; various sizes in cylindrical cardboard and plastic box 25 x 18 cm diam
80 bunte hartholz-Bausteine : giftfreie Farben, nicht abfärbend abwaschbar = 80 coloured wooden bricks, non-fading, non-toxic = 80 cubes de couleur en bois, couleurs solides, non toxique.
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1 set of building blocks (80 pieces) : painted wood ; various sizes in cylindrical cardboard and plastic box 25 x 18 cm diam
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[approximately 1990] (Germany : HEROS, Hermann Rossberg KG)
[approximately 1990] (Germany : HEROS, Hermann Rossberg KG)
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182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
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Ecology without culture : aesthetics for a toxic world / Christine L. Marran.
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182 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Ecology without culture : aesthetics for a toxic world / Christine L. Marran.
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
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xv, 373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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xv, 373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
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Material witness : media, forensics, evidence / Susan Schuppli.
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xv, 373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Material witness : media, forensics, evidence / Susan Schuppli.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
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591 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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591 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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Zurich : Edition Fink, [2024], ©2024
Zurich : Edition Fink, [2024], ©2024
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Colonial toxicity : rehearsing French radioactive architecture and landscape in the Sahara / Samia Henni.
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591 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Colonial toxicity : rehearsing French radioactive architecture and landscape in the Sahara / Samia Henni.
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Zurich : Edition Fink, [2024], ©2024
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