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Jen Rose Smith, PhD

@sprucehen.bsky.social
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associate prof of geography & Native studies. author of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic www.dukeupress.edu/ice-geographies

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading, watching, and listening to from September! niche-canada.org/2026/10/05/e... #envhist #envhum
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#EnvHist Worth Reading: September 2026
Find the dAXunhyuuga’ language, garbocracy, and mangrove ecosystems in the latest list of environmental history from Jessica DeWitt.
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From our September newsletter: Mireille Roddier, on air-conditioning and the distribution of comfort; Linda Quiquivix, on the limits of North America; and Jen Rose Smith, on the tale of a blind man and a loon.
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Metabolic Rifts. Imaginary Mexico. Arctic Storytelling.
On air conditioning and the distribution of comfort; the limits of North America; and the tale of a blind man and a loon.
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sarah mccarry @sarahmccarry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this is such a beautiful piece!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thanks, Sarah!
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Estelle Slegers Helsen - Photography @esh-photography.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Both territory and language have been shaped by river, slough, and glacier as well as by human movement among those relations." Blind Man and Loon: placesjournal.org/article/blin... a story by Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social published in @placesjournal.bsky.social
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Blind Man and Loon
A tale shared by Native peoples across the circumpolar Arctic reveals the elusive nature of language, and has come to shape many Native connections to place.
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Maya Weeks, Ph.D. @mayaweeks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"I am more interested in discussing the story as it has emerged across a diversity of Native territories in which this story finds a home, travels, and has travelled." @sprucehen.bsky.social @placesjournal.bsky.social
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A tale shared by Native peoples across the circumpolar Arctic tells of a blind man who, with the aid of a loon, kills a woman he feels has wronged him. @sprucehen.bsky.social writes about the elusive nature of language, and the intricacies of a story that's been passed down orally for generations.
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Blind Man and Loon
A tale shared by Native peoples across the circumpolar Arctic reveals the elusive nature of language, and has come to shape many Native connections to place.
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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This essay by my friend Jen, @sprucehen.bsky.social is about the elusive nature of language and much more. You really need to read it!
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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“I find myself in the middle of translation, of overlapping colonial and anticolonial projects, as well as the learning of new/old languages. The Blind Man and the Loon illuminates the labors of language and the promise of story” A @sprucehen.bsky.social stunner placesjournal.org/article/blin...
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Blind Man and Loon
A tale shared by Native peoples across the circumpolar Arctic reveals the elusive nature of language, and has come to shape many Native connections to place.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
thank you, Bathsheba! 💞
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
thanks, Joe! you're the best :)
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maya thank you for always engaging with my work
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
happy to share an essay I wrote called "Blind Man and Loon"
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Congratulations to Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social, whose book "Ice Geographies" has been named the winner of the 2026 Ludwik Fleck Prize, given by the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social. buff.ly/vyNjalQ buff.ly/3BvdxDg
Cover of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic. The cover features an abstract art piece by Darcie Bernhardt. The piece is titled Beluga Hunting and depicts a light pink, green, and blue marbled pattern. Forked green and white lines within the pattern evoke topographic striations.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
you can buy my book for 40% off! www.dukeupress.edu/ice-geograph...
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Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
can't wait to read!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We're excited to see the addition of a new Little Free Library near our offices in Brightleaf Square in Durham! Thanks, Kate Bowler! We just added some titles from our Native and Indigenous Studies Collection. Learn more about the collection, available to institutions and libraries: buff.ly/tbkJk2f
Wooden Little Free Library shelf displaying four colorful academic books. Two upright on top, two stacked below, featuring themes of climate, indigeneity, and environment.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Congratulations!!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thanks maya 💕
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
@dukepress.bsky.social
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So happy to share my book was chosen for the 2026 Outstanding Book Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology by CAPE specialty group! AwA'ahdah! See the other award winners here: capeaag.wordpress.com/cape-awards/
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CAPE Awards
For deadlines and application/nomination guidelines, please see individual award descriptions. 2026 Award Winners Dr. James McCarthy (Clark University) was awarded the 2026 Cultural and Political E…
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thank you elspeth 💕
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thanks, Maya 💕
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Congratulations to Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social, whose book "Ice Geographies" has been named a co-winner of the On the Brinck Award, given by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning @unm_saap. bit.ly/4aGYo7K buff.ly/eXBh6OO
Cover of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic. The cover features an abstract art piece by Darcie Bernhardt. The piece is titled Beluga Hunting and depicts a light pink, green, and blue marbled pattern. Forked green and white lines within the pattern evoke topographic striations.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thanks, Jodi! 🤗 congrats on your new book!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@dukepress.bsky.social
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Excited to share that my book was chosen among 3 wonderful others for the University of New Mexico School of Planning and Architecture 2025 On the Brinck Award and Lecture Series! saap.unm.edu/programs-of-...
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On The Brinck :: School of Architecture and Planning | The University of New Mexico
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
so great to visit with @hiokinai.bsky.social for @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social! thanks for making time. @dukepress.bsky.social
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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
2025 was mostly garbage, but there were some good moments. One of my favorites was when a family of beavers built a dam in just a few days, saving the Czech Republic 30 million Czech koruna (US$1.2 million) for a wetland restoration project the government had been planning for 7 years. 🦫 🌿
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These eager beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million
After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, nothing that beavers do surprises me.”
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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Jen Rose Smith, "Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic" (Duke UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
so happy to have this conversation with ever brilliant chrystel oloukoï for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
thank you for sharing!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
thanks, Joe!! big hugs
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
thanks for featuring my new book! @dukepress.bsky.social
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 18/08/2025
Throughout a career that has spanned nearly four decades and encompasses photography, conceptual practices, collage, sculpture, and now painting, Lorna Simpson has created works of art that resist quick and easy reads.
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The Art and Genius of Lorna Simpson
A new at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tracks what has changed and what has remained the same in the artist’s work.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
what a beautiful cover, @jmcmaster29.bsky.social !
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Courtney Berger @ccberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Took a break from #4S2025 to visit Elliott Bay Books. It’s always fun to see @dukepress.bsky.social books out in the wild! 🧊🔥
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
so moved by this review of my book -- AwA'ahdah for this careful engaged read of my work! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic
Published in The AAG Review of Books (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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TIBG @tibg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
New in Transactions: 'Edward Curtis & the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899: Thinking beyond the portrait for land and landscape' by @sprucehen.bsky.social This paper analyses the career of photographer Edward Curtis & his relationship with naturalist George Bird Grinnell doi.org/10.1111/tran...
A historic black and white photograph of the 'Harriman' glacier with mountains in the distance.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
thank you so much! : )
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
this Transactions piece had been in the slow cooker for many years I'm so glad that it's out!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
thanks, Maya!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
AwA'ahdah, Jimmy!!! so good to hear from you I hope things are going well on your end 💟
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
www.darciebernhardt.com
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Darcie Bernhardt
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Floris Winckel @fwinckel.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Really excited to start reading @sprucehen.bsky.social 's new book 'Ice Geographies'! From reading the prologue I can tell this is exactly the kind of narrative I hope to see more of in the coming years - and I'm sure this book'll help achieve that :) Plus the cover art is wonderful!
Cover of Jen Rose Smith's Ice Geographies book, featuring blue, white, and pink swirls (detail from artist Darcie Bernhardt's Beluga Hunting.
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
wow thanks so much! I love the cover art, too. it's by Darcie Bernhardt I linked their website and you can find them on instagram @ouiyaghasiak if you want to support their practice! your work sounds so fascinating, can't wait to read what you've got up on your website.
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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
What looks like an amazing book by a brilliant Indigenous scholar is on sale through the link below (and blurbed by the greats @hiokinai.bsky.social Hi'i Hobart and @brdemuth.bsky.social Bathsheba Demuth). Arctic governance and colonial administration are the most fascinating topics!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
thanks so much for sharing!
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Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
hi if you're trying to buy my book while Duke Press is transitioning to a new distribution warehouse, you can find it at the link below, thanks for your interest! it will be available again through DUP after July 7th. folks in canada you can also buy it through the university of toronto press
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Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic
The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic
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