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Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Dr. Julia Jong Haines (Cornell) to discuss her archaeological research at Bras D’Eau National Park in Mauritius, a former sugar plantation. Their conversation covers trees as archaeological artifacts, Mauritian environmental degradation beyond the dodo, and the palimpsestic legacies of slavery and indenture on the Mauritian landscape.
Dr. Haines completed her PhD at the University of Virginia in 2019, and currently holds Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University. Her research focuses on Mauritius between the 18th and mid-20th centuries, working with local partners to consider questions of environmental, social, and scientific history.
Links
- Article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10761-021-00629-0
- University Profile: https://anthropology.cornell.edu/julia-jong-haines
Image credit: “Forest walk – Bras d’Eau” by S Molteno via Wikipedia Commons.
The Indian Ocean World Podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding and Dr. Julie Babin, produced by Sam Gleave Riemann, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”