Joshua Mullenite

Joshua Mullenite
Chatham University

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
My research lies theoretically and methodologically at the intersection of political ecology, science and technology studies, environmental history, and critical infrastructure studies. Specifically, I draw on these fields to look at the ways in which the construction and maintenance of water management infrastructure shaped and were shaped by racial capitalism.
Additional affiliations
August 2018 - February 2021
Wagner College
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
August 2013 - July 2017
Florida International University
Position
  • Teaching Assitant
Education
August 2013 - July 2018
Florida International University
Field of study
  • Global and Sociocultural Studies
August 2011 - April 2013
Florida International University
Field of study
  • Sociology/Anthropology
October 2010 - June 2011
Santa Fe College
Field of study
  • Anthropology

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Publications (23)
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A ruin infers ruination, a process that led to the site’s demise and that also gives a glimpse into the site’s story: who or what lived there?; how long did they live there?; where did they go?; where are they now? Implicit in this line of questioning is a link between the past, present, and future, an understanding that ruins and ruination are nev...
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This collaborative, open educational resource brings together a collection of short pedagogical texts that help new learners understand complex theoretical concepts and disciplinary jargon from the critical social sciences. Each entry "shows" an element of theory using an "illustrative vignette”—a short, evocative story, visual or infographic, poem...
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Assessing global progress on human adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority. Although the literature on adaptation to climate change is rapidly expanding, little is known about the actual extent of implementation. We systematically screened >48,000 articles using machine learning methods and a global network of 126 researchers. Our synthe...
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We present the first systematic, global stocktake of the academic literature on human adaptation. We screen 48,316 documents and identify 1,682 articles that present empirical research documenting human efforts to reduce risk from climate change and associated hazards. Coding and synthesizing this literature highlights that the overall extent of ad...
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In this article, I review a cross-section of research in socio-hydrology from across disciplines in order to better understand the current role of historical-archival analysis in the development of socio-hydrological scholarship. I argue that despite its widespread use in environmental history, science and technology studies, anthropology, and huma...
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Barber, Benjamin R. 2017. Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 224 pp. ISBN: 978-0-300-22420-7. Günel, Gökçe. 2019. Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi . Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4780-0091-4.
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The right to housing has been a key focus for both immigrant rights and anti-gentrification activists in the United States. In this update, I highlight the ways in which these come together in the neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York. In 2019, the neighborhood was specifically targeted in a series of raids by the United States Immigratio...
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Though often viewed as serving as a public good, infrastructure can have important political effects resulting from the way it is designed, built, and managed that pre-exist its stated or implied technical goals. It acts as a mediator and enforcer of state interests, defining the ways the state can enter everyday life and, in turn, it shapes the po...
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Volumes of research have demonstrated the ways in which the production of sugar served as a key economic motivator for the development of capitalism. Embedded within this extractive economy is a requirement for strict environmental management and large pools of seasonal labor, typically within the context of the racial geographies of colonialism. I...
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This paper is comprised of a series of short, conversational or polemical interventions reflecting on the political ‘moment’ that has emerged in the wake of the rise of right-populist politics, particularly in the Global North. We position the UK’s ‘Brexit’ vote and the election of Donald Trump as US President as emblematic of this shift, which has...
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This paper is comprised of a series of short, conversational or polemical interventions reflecting on the political 'moment' that has emerged in the wake of the rise of right-populist politics, particularly in the Global North. We position the UK's 'Brexit' vote and the election of Donald Trump as US President as emblematic of this shift, which has...
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Over the past three decades, resilience has emerged as an ecological concept that has transformed the way international development is conceptualized. However, it is only recently that the topic has been approached within the geography literature. In this article, I trace the linkages between resilience as an ecological concept and an emerging fram...
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Nunan, Fioana. 2015: Understanding Poverty and the Environment: Analytics Frameworks and Approaches. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. xiv + 206 pp. US$145 ISBN 978–0-415–707565 (hardback), US$62.95 978–0-415–707596 (paperback).
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This article takes a critical look at the historiography of development in Guyana as it appears in archival materials and the primary (governmental and non-governmental reports) and secondary (scholarly) literature. I ask why development schemes were so heavily focused on drainage and irrigation (D&I), how this focus was justified, and whether ther...

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