Environmental History in the 1960s? An Unsuccessful Research Application and the Circulation of Environmental Knowledge

Q2 Arts and Humanities
David Larsson Heidenblad
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This article explores how the Swedish historian Birgitta Odén (1921–2016) sought to launch an interdisciplinary environmental research program in the late 1960s. Odén’s objective was to make history useful for political decision making, yet the research program never received any substantial funding. This article argues that the analytical concept of circulation of knowledge offers a fruitful way to revisit and contextualize this kind of failed or abandoned knowledge. Based on Birgitta Odén’s bequeathed papers and interviews with her former students, the study covers the years 1967 to 1969, and demonstrates how Oden conceived of environmental history in a period were no such field existed internationally. Moreover, the study illustrates how the humanities was connected to the social sciences, the sciences, the military research complex, and leading politicians in Sweden during the late 1960s.
20世纪60年代的环境史?一个不成功的研究应用与环境知识的传播
本文探讨了瑞典历史学家Birgitta Odén(1921–2016)如何在20世纪60年代末发起跨学科环境研究计划。Odén的目标是让历史对政治决策有用,但该研究项目从未获得任何实质性资金。本文认为,知识流通的分析概念为重新审视这种失败或被抛弃的知识提供了一种富有成效的方式。根据Birgitta Odén留下的论文和对她以前学生的采访,这项研究涵盖了1967年至1969年,并展示了Oden是如何在国际上不存在这样一个领域的时期构思环境史的。此外,这项研究还说明了20世纪60年代末,人文学科如何与瑞典的社会科学、科学、军事研究综合体和主要政治家联系在一起。
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History of Humanities
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