I was really impressed by the quality of all the presentations, which have given me a lot to think about to refine my own work. Here are my comments on three of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georges \u2013 Why and how did similar environmental movements develop in the East and West of Europe in the late Twentieth Century?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I really enjoyed your presentation, which was well-structured, clear and honest about your questions and difficulties. Overall, I think that your project has gained so much strength since we discussed it during the unconference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I like the way in which you manage to contextualise Chernobyl within the Global Sixties: not only does this bring a socio-political perspective which \u2013 as you rightly say \u2013 greatly complements your initial emotional approach and argumentation, but it also provides a very interesting outlook on the period. I had never thought of seeing it as a series of environmental disasters and of (non)reactions by governments and activists! Has this also provided a way out of your fear of being too Eurocentric?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Methodologically speaking, I think that using micro-histories is very strong. I would nevertheless try to connect them to transnational activist movements in order to depart even more from the individual and national analysis of the impacts of governments\u2019 non-reactions to environmental disasters, however similar they may be across borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lastly, I totally sympathise with your struggle about having to guess the emotional impacts of disasters: I encountered a similar issue as I was trying to understand how fears caused by El Nino events led to wider diffusions of climatic theories. Although I am sure they played a role, I can\u2019t really prove it, so I am only going to use those fears as an element of background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking forwards to hearing\/reading more about the development of your work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie – A transnational liberation: the anti-apartheid movement and the making of human rights in Czechoslovakia and South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I really learned a lot listening to your presentation. As the (little) history I have ever learned about either South Africa or Czechoslovakia has always been absolutely separated, I was compelled by these unexpected connections!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like for Georges, I think that one of the greatest strengths of your project is that you manage to discuss these connections within a wider context and make some very interesting points about their relations to anti-imperialist struggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am impressed by the diversity of the sources you are using and your analysis of Fordburg Fighter: the journey of an MK volunteer is very insightful. Taking a micro-history approach through memoirs to complement the analysis of high politics is very well-thought: the individual and lived experience perspective usually richly connects processes and ideas otherwise perceived as totally separated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I am myself studying the transnational circulation and appropriation of discourses, you have given me a lot to reflect on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would be very interested in reading your finished paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Will \u2013 A Civilizati<\/strong>on\u2019s Destruction: Examining Rapa Nui and its interactions with the exterior world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your project looks both fascinating and very complex. If I had to study an entire civilisation over such a long time-period, I would not know where to start from\u2026This is the object of my first question: on what aspects of the Rapa Nui\u2019s civilisation are you focusing (language, art, livelihoods, \u2026)? 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