Contribution short abstract:

Environmental history has grown strong in Latin America, addressing a wide variety of topics that include deforestation, cities and energy. Dialogue with environmental humanities has been scant. How can historians collaborate with artists inspired by topics ranging from landscapes to animals?

Contribution long abstract:

Environmental history has grown strong in Latin America, initially centered around deforestation and agricultural export commodities, soon expanding to build broader forest histories and consider internal markets, and later colonizing new grounds including cities and, more recently, energy. Dialogue with environmental humanities has been scant. Yet artists have been inspired by a variety of environmental topics ranging from landscapes to animals. How do these two forms of “environmental humanities” compare? What possibilities for collaboration emerge? This contribution will emerge from dialogue with environmental historians and artists from at least two different countries in the region.