Martin Kalb
Biographic Data
| ID | 3721733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Kalb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kalb |
| SIGNATURE | KALB M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bridgewater College |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-7520-4286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mules, Global Networks, and Settler Colonialism in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915
The employment of mules and the networks supplying them to German Southwest Africa (1884–1915, modern-day Namibia) are at the centre of this article. Mules are infertile and difficult to breed yet of use specifically in disease-prone and arid environments. In German Southwest Africa, Germany’s first and only settler colony, colonists depended on them to cross the Namib Desert, construct infrastructure and fight wars. To supply them, officials tap…
Camel Imports and Transport Fantasies in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915
Centring Simon Kooper
This article centres on |Gomxab Simon Kooper’s resistance to German colonialism in Southwest Africa (1884–1915, modern-day Namibia). First, it underscores the agency of Kooper and the Fransman Nama within southern African history. Kooper’s actions and motives fuelled widespread anxieties, shaped international correspondences and incurred mounting costs for the mainly German administration. Secondly, this analysis sheds further light on a complex …
Deborah R. Coen, Climate in Motion
The Dowsing Debate
The dowsing debate in Imperial Germany and its role in the solution to the ‘water question’ in German Southwest Africa is a window on the three principal themes of this article: environmental challenges, imperial fantasies and the fluidity of epistemologies. First, the water question, as contemporaries termed it, was a significant concern in German Southwest Africa, and discussions of divination illustrate its centrality in the development of Ger…
Water, Sand, Molluscs
How did nature challenge German colonialism in Southwest Africa? What role did water, sand, and a small mollusc play as Germans tried to establish their first and, in many ways, only settler colony? This paper explores the events surrounding the town of Swakopmund, a small coastal settlement defined as the main entry point (Eingangstür) into German Southwest Africa at the time. As a case study, Swakopmund arguably provides an excellent framework …
Moving Beyond the Nation State? Reflections on European Environmental History
This historiographical essay outlines and discusses major trends within European environmental history. More precisely, it traces recent developments and conversations within various national and regional contexts, hoping to provide a coherent overview. In no way comprehensive and complete given the mere scope of the topic, language barriers, and accessibility of materials, the objective of this essay is to capture recent developments and inclina…
Rather Active Today than Radioactive Tomorrow!” Environmental Justice and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in 1970s Wyhl, West Germany
This article applies new understandings of environmental justice theory to a specific local case study. More precisely, it uses a broader conception of environmental justice theory to further our understanding of the rise of the German anti-nuclear movement. After briefly introducing new trends within environmental justice theory that move beyond equity, the article applies this framework to the German context. It thereby helps define Umweltgerec…
Water, Sand, Molluscs
How did nature challenge German colonialism in Southwest Africa? What role did water, sand, and a small mollusc play as Germans tried to establish their first and, in many ways, only settler colony? This paper explores the events surrounding the town of Swakopmund, a small coastal settlement defined as the main entry point (Eingangstür) into German Southwest Africa at the time. As a case study, Swakopmund arguably provides an excellent framework …
The Dowsing Debate
The dowsing debate in Imperial Germany and its role in the solution to the ‘water question’ in German Southwest Africa is a window on the three principal themes of this article: environmental challenges, imperial fantasies and the fluidity of epistemologies. First, the water question, as contemporaries termed it, was a significant concern in German Southwest Africa, and discussions of divination illustrate its centrality in the development of Ger…
Rather Active Today than Radioactive Tomorrow!” Environmental Justice and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in 1970s Wyhl, West Germany
This article applies new understandings of environmental justice theory to a specific local case study. More precisely, it uses a broader conception of environmental justice theory to further our understanding of the rise of the German anti-nuclear movement. After briefly introducing new trends within environmental justice theory that move beyond equity, the article applies this framework to the German context. It thereby helps define Umweltgerec…
Moving Beyond the Nation State? Reflections on European Environmental History
This historiographical essay outlines and discusses major trends within European environmental history. More precisely, it traces recent developments and conversations within various national and regional contexts, hoping to provide a coherent overview. In no way comprehensive and complete given the mere scope of the topic, language barriers, and accessibility of materials, the objective of this essay is to capture recent developments and inclina…
Water, Sand, Molluscs
How did nature challenge German colonialism in Southwest Africa? What role did water, sand, and a small mollusc play as Germans tried to establish their first and, in many ways, only settler colony? This paper explores the events surrounding the town of Swakopmund, a small coastal settlement defined as the main entry point (Eingangstür) into German Southwest Africa at the time. As a case study, Swakopmund arguably provides an excellent framework …
Deborah R. Coen, Climate in Motion
The Dowsing Debate
The dowsing debate in Imperial Germany and its role in the solution to the ‘water question’ in German Southwest Africa is a window on the three principal themes of this article: environmental challenges, imperial fantasies and the fluidity of epistemologies. First, the water question, as contemporaries termed it, was a significant concern in German Southwest Africa, and discussions of divination illustrate its centrality in the development of Ger…
Centring Simon Kooper
This article centres on |Gomxab Simon Kooper’s resistance to German colonialism in Southwest Africa (1884–1915, modern-day Namibia). First, it underscores the agency of Kooper and the Fransman Nama within southern African history. Kooper’s actions and motives fuelled widespread anxieties, shaped international correspondences and incurred mounting costs for the mainly German administration. Secondly, this analysis sheds further light on a complex …
Mules, Global Networks, and Settler Colonialism in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915
The employment of mules and the networks supplying them to German Southwest Africa (1884–1915, modern-day Namibia) are at the centre of this article. Mules are infertile and difficult to breed yet of use specifically in disease-prone and arid environments. In German Southwest Africa, Germany’s first and only settler colony, colonists depended on them to cross the Namib Desert, construct infrastructure and fight wars. To supply them, officials tap…
Camel Imports and Transport Fantasies in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915
Archaeology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · German (6 works) · History (6 works) · History (5 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · German Colonialism and Identity Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works)