Cottonopolis
Lessons for environmental science through a global environmental history of Manchester
Research by Dr Aditya Ramesh and colleagues
Funded via a NERC-AHRC Hidden Histories of Environmental Science grant.
Team leader: Dr Aditya Ramesh, The University of Manchester
Project partners:
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British Geological Survey
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The Geological Society of London
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Manchester Geographical Society
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
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John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Working with various Manchester-based institutions engaged in climate science, Cottonopolis seeks to unravel the socio-environmental legacies of industrial cotton production in Manchester.
The project will examine the global impacts this legacy created on scientific knowledge and deliver talks and workshops and a public digital archive to share key findings with community groups.
It aims to re-cast the future of environmental sciences in Britain and beyond.