Bifrost: Developing the Environmental Humanities

The first iteration of the Bifrost project, titled “Developing the Environmental Humanities” exhibited at Sigtunastiftelsen in Sigtuna, Sweden in October 2011. This multi-screen documentary was produced by NIES and Zoopeople in partnership with the Sigtuna Foundation, and premiered in 2011 at a major international conference organized by the Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies.
This multimedia work explored the environmental humanities as a domain of growing significance. Researchers interviewed included ecocritics and historians of science, technology and environment James Fleming, Ursula Heise, Greg Garrard, Sarah Elkind, David Nye, Donald Worster and Hannes Bergthaller.