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| 13 Aug 2015
Case studies of soil in art
C. Feller
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Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), 28 rue Dr Blanchard, 30700 Uzès, France
E. R. Landa
Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
A. Toland
Department of Soil Protection, Institute for Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ernst Reuter Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany
G. Wessolek
Department of Soil Protection, Institute for Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ernst Reuter Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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- NaturArchy: a multidisciplinary exploration of soil science & art C. Benincasa et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44378-025-00131-7
- The concept and future prospects of soil health J. Lehmann et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-0080-8
- Examining the temporal and spatial distribution of potential urban heat island formations A. Koç et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16422-9
- Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory Salazar, J.F., Granjou, C., Kearnes, M., Krzywoszynska, A., and Tironi, M. (eds) Bloomsbury Academic, London, UK, 2020. xv + 220 pp. £85, hardback. ISBN 978‐1‐3501‐0957‐5 P. Baveye https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13076
- Communicating about soil biodiversity: Insights from science editorials and future recommendations Y. Pressler et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.151003
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- Digging in the dirt: Searching for effective tools and languages to promote soil awareness M. Moscatelli & S. Marinari https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2024.100167
- Engaging with soil to extract landscape identity C. Martinez-Almoyna et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.las.2025.100016
- Heavy metal accumulation related to population density in road dust samples taken from urban sites under different land uses J. Trujillo-González et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.101
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- Selected highlights in American soil science history from the 1980s to the mid-2010s E. Brevik et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.021
- Filming a hidden resource: The soil in the seventh art narrative A. Ganga et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116710
- Re-animating soils: Transforming human–soil affections through science, culture and community M. Puig de la Bellacasa https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119830601
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Case studies of artworks focused on painting, installation, and film are presented, with the view of encouraging further exploration of art about, in, and with soil, as a contribution to raising soil awareness.
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