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    Introduction to Environmental History (2026)

    What can myths do in the face of the Earth’s historicizing powers? Drawing on a dialogue between environmental history and anthropology, Grégory Quenet examines the place of mythological narratives in our understanding of contemporary ecological upheavals.

    From the debate between Fernand Braudel and Claude Lévi-Strauss to the figures of the Yeti and Bigfoot, and through the marae of Taputapuātea on the island of Raiatea, this lecture explores the ways narratives, myths, and imaginaries shape our relationship to the Earth. It also considers the new “mythological machines” generated by contemporary discourses.

    • Environment
    • Mythological
    • Social issues

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