SY015
History of the Earth Sciences for the Future

Session ID#: 157207

Session Description:
The narratives we construct about the history of the Earth sciences form a critical part of how we understand the work of scientific communities today and envision the future. Often these narratives are presented as a series of scientific accomplishments by individuals absent their broader historical contexts. In contrast, this session aims to bring AGU members together around more diverse, inclusive, complex, and critical histories of the Earth sciences. Accordingly, we welcome submissions on a broad range of topics. These include, but are not limited to, 1) the social and cultural contexts surrounding the development or study of specific Earth scientific objects, materials, and practices, 2) the contributions and challenges faced by historically underrepresented and underprivileged individuals and communities, and 3) the influence of different forms of state and industrial patronage and connections to the expansion of harmful extractive and territorial projects.
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
1799 General or miscellaneous [HISTORY OF GEOPHYSICS]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Junjie Dong, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Gustave Lester, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, Cambridge, MA, United States; Science History Institute, Philadelphia, United States and Tamara Pico, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States; University of California Santa Cruz, Science & Justice Research Center, Santa Cruz, United States
 
How the past creates the present: reviewing the foundational roles of colonialism and systemic racism and their modern manifestations in paleontology (Invited) (1049683)
Pedro Monarrez1, Joshua B. Zimmt2,3, Annaka M. Clement4, William Gearty5, John J. Jacisin III6, Kelsey M. Jenkins7, Kristopher M Kusnerik8, Ashley W Poust9, Selina V. Robson10, Judith A. Sclafani11, Kelsey T. Stilson12, Shamindri D. Tennakoon13,14 and Carmi M. Thompson14,15, (1)Stanford University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, United States, (4)North Dakota State University, Department of Geosciences, Fargo, United States, (5)University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences, Lincoln, United States, (6)Texas A&M University, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, College Station, United States, (7)Yale University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Haven, United States, (8)Hamilton College, Geosciences Department, Clinton, United States, (9)San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, United States, (10)University of Calgary, Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada, (11)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, (12)Brown University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, United States, (13)University of Florida, Department of Biology, Gainesville, United States, (14)Florida Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Gainesville, United States, (15)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States
 
Toward a Critical History of Precision: Measurement and Systematic Error in Physical Geodesy, c. 1800-1910 (1054624)
Miguel Ohnesorge, University of Cambridge, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
Reflections on Unearthing the Collection: Unpacking Historical and Social Influences on Mineralogical Collections (1056370)
Kopo Oromeng, University of Delaware, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences, Newark, DE, United States and Eleanor S Armstrong, Stockholm University, Department of Subject Didactics, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Replaying the Tape of Academia: Alternative Systems for Earth Science (1092979)
Preston Cosslett Kemeny, The University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Chicago, United States, Daniel Johnson, Rice University, Houston, United States, Usha Farey Lingappa, University of California Berkeley, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Berkeley, United States and Alexandra Atlee Phillips, University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Science, Santa Barbara, United States
 
A living history reflection on the shaping of the future geoscience profession by COVID-19 (1110962)
Luc Charbonneau, American Geosciences Institute, Workforce, Alexandria, United States, Christopher M Keane, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States and Leila M Gonzales, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA, United States
 
Patterns of Women’s Participation in Atmospheric Science in the United States, 1900-1970 (1111118)
Roger Turner, Science History Institute, Carlisle, PA, UNITED STATES
 
Conscripting the Earth: Francis Birch, War Laboratories, and the Prehistory of American Mineral Physics (1127206)
Junjie Dong, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Benjamin Wilson, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, Cambridge, United States
 
Geologic Mapping and Indigenous Land Dispossession in present-day Minnesota (1148202)
G. H. Crystal Ng, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States, Madeline Nyblade, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, United States, Anthony Runkel, Minnesota Geological Survey, St. Paul, MN, United States, Jenn McDonald, The Nature Conservancy, Columbus, United States, Sarah Francis, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minnesota Geological Survey, Minneapolis, United States and Hima Hassenruck-Gudipati, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States
 
What’s in a (Place) Name? (1175393)
Danita Brandt, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
 
Queering Climate Change: The Science Behind Solidarity with Earth (1184633)
BT Werner, University of California - San Diego, Complex Systems Laboratory; Climate, Atmospheric Science and Physical Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
A Process-Based Vision of Earth-likeness: Astrobiological and Social Implications (1190736)
Michael L Wong, Carnegie Institution for Science, Earth & Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and CIDER 2022 Workshop Participants
 
The Historical Contexts & Biases of Geoscientific Data (1199894)
Alisa Bokulich, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
 
Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation: A Century-long Journey through its Application to the Earth Sciences (1203234)
Daniella Reis, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
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