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The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) is an international, interdisciplinary center for research and education in the environmental humanities located in Munich, Germany. It was founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and the Deutsches Museum, and is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.〔(About the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society )〕 The center is named after the American biologist, nature writer, and environmentalist, Rachel Carson. The Rachel Carson Center's directors are Christof Mauch of LMU Munich and Helmuth Trischler of the Deutsches Museum. ==Research== The Rachel Carson Center facilitates research concerning interaction between human agents and nature. Its goal is to strengthen the role of the humanities in current political and scientific debates about the environment. Generally, the ccenter hosts a rotating group of approximately ten "(Carson Fellows )," post-doctoral researchers and established scholars from a variety of national and disciplinary backgrounds.〔("Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung: LMU München und Deutsches Museum gewinnen Ausschreibung" (International Center for Humanities Research: LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum Win Competition) )〕 The Rachel Carson Center supports research around six thematic clusters:〔(Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler, "International Environmental History: Nature as a Cultural Challenge," ''[http://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/publications/new_perspectives/index.html RCC Perspectives]'', Issue 1 (2010) )〕 * Natural Disasters and Cultures of Risk * Resource Use and Conservation * Ecological Imperialism * Transformation of Landscapes * Environmental Ethics, Politics, and Movements * Environmental Knowledge and Knowledge Societies 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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