Jessica Van Horssen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1466996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Van Horssen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Horssen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HORSSEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester, 16 Waters Green, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, SK11 6JX |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1332-8403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Plastic Grass, Suburban Dreams
This article explores the development of AstroTurf in postwar North America as a case study in "augmented nature," where technologies simulate and redefine elements of the natural world. The plastic substitute for natural grass embodied a broader cultural commitment to suburban lawn aesthetics and exemplified a "break-it-and-fix-it" approach to ecological challenges. By analyzing AstroTurf's marketing-particularly its showcase at Montreal's Expo …
International agency over local land
From the late 19 th to the late 20 th century, the cities and industries of the world became increasingly reliant on fireproof materials made from asbestos. In focusing on the town of Asbestos, Canada, this paper will show how this process of market boom and bust shaped a fierce local culture rooted in working and living on a rapidly changing environment. By analyzing the successive expansions of the giant mine located in the centre of Asbestos, …
Disaster Citizenship
Reviewed by: Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era by Jacob A.C. Remes Jessica van Horssen Jacob A.C. Remes, Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era (Urbana: University of Illinois Press 2016) In this well-researched and well-written book, Jacob A.C. Remes explores the way that disasters offer the opportunity for communities and organizations to develop a new sense of i…
La mine qui « commence à grignoter le village1 »
La ville d’Asbestos est le foyer de ce qui était autrefois la plus grande mine d’amiante à ciel ouvert dans le monde, la mine Jeffrey. La majorité de son histoire a été dominée par l’exploitation de la ressource qui lui donna son nom, et aussi la compagnie américaine propriétaire de la mine, la Johns-Manville Company, qui opéra un style agressif de gestion du territoire. En procédant à l’élargissement des limites de la mine dans la communauté afi…
Transforming the Nation
Reviewed by: Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney Jessica van Horssen Blake, Raymond B. (ed.) —Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. Pp. 456. In Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney, J. Frank Strain states that his essay "is likely to contain something to offend everyone" (p. 42), an apt description of the entire collection, which gets at the h…
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Transforming the Nation
Reviewed by: Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney Jessica van Horssen Blake, Raymond B. (ed.) —Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. Pp. 456. In Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney, J. Frank Strain states that his essay "is likely to contain something to offend everyone" (p. 42), an apt description of the entire collection, which gets at the h…
La mine qui « commence à grignoter le village1 »
La ville d’Asbestos est le foyer de ce qui était autrefois la plus grande mine d’amiante à ciel ouvert dans le monde, la mine Jeffrey. La majorité de son histoire a été dominée par l’exploitation de la ressource qui lui donna son nom, et aussi la compagnie américaine propriétaire de la mine, la Johns-Manville Company, qui opéra un style agressif de gestion du territoire. En procédant à l’élargissement des limites de la mine dans la communauté afi…
International agency over local land
From the late 19 th to the late 20 th century, the cities and industries of the world became increasingly reliant on fireproof materials made from asbestos. In focusing on the town of Asbestos, Canada, this paper will show how this process of market boom and bust shaped a fierce local culture rooted in working and living on a rapidly changing environment. By analyzing the successive expansions of the giant mine located in the centre of Asbestos, …
Disaster Citizenship
Reviewed by: Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era by Jacob A.C. Remes Jessica van Horssen Jacob A.C. Remes, Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era (Urbana: University of Illinois Press 2016) In this well-researched and well-written book, Jacob A.C. Remes explores the way that disasters offer the opportunity for communities and organizations to develop a new sense of i…
Plastic Grass, Suburban Dreams
This article explores the development of AstroTurf in postwar North America as a case study in "augmented nature," where technologies simulate and redefine elements of the natural world. The plastic substitute for natural grass embodied a broader cultural commitment to suburban lawn aesthetics and exemplified a "break-it-and-fix-it" approach to ecological challenges. By analyzing AstroTurf's marketing-particularly its showcase at Montreal's Expo …
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mining and Resource Management (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work)