Toward an Environmental History of Psychology: A Conversation with Michael Pettit
The Inspiration: A Toronto Raccoon, photo by Michael Pettit The Forum for the History of Science in America's newsletter regularly prints conversations between accomplished scholars in the history of American science and younger historians. In the most recent number, ( PDF available here ) FHSA editor, Dan Bouk (Me!), claimed the privilege to speak with 2011 FHSA Article Prize winner, Michael Pettit . We enjoyed ourselves and hope you'll enjoy listening in, so to speak. There is something for everyone: Raccoons (so cute!); history of psychology and the human sciences (so cerebral!); Canadian institutions for HOS (so interdisciplinary!); and even a few musings on the intersection of HOS with environmental science (so relevant to the discussion Lukas introduced here !) Bouk: Mike, I can see why the committee awarded you the FHSA article prize for 2011. Yours is a fascinating article ( download here ). One thing that struck me was that it lives in liminal spaces in a variety of ...