| Title | Lost Eden |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | An Environmental History of the Plantation System on the Island of La Réunion (1638–1960) |
| Contributor | Philippe Holstein (author) |
| Jehanne-Emmanuelle Monnier (author) | |
| Pablo Corral-Broto (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/63831593227779.ch11 |
| Landing page | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/93616 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Published on | 2024-03-15 |
| Page range | pp. 259–281 |
| Print length | 23 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 2 illustrations |
Philippe Holstein is a policy advisor, in charge of regional research, innovation and circular economy strategies at Nexa, the Development and Innovation agency of La Réunion. Following a Ph.D. in ecological economics from Sciences Po Paris, he specialises in sustainability issues in colonial and postcolonial islands. Philippe explores the complex relations between these islands and the modern world system, the environmental history of plantation systems and the coloniality of the developmentalist agenda. He is currently working on knowledge society policies in the European Outermost regions and has published several reports on the contribution of research and innovation systems to their sustainability quest. He is also a lecturer in island studies at the Geography Department of the University of La Réunion.
Jehanne-Emmanuelle Monnier graduated from the University of La Réunion in 2013 (CRESOI laboratory). Her work focuses on the colonial history of the Indian Ocean region in the nineteenth century, mainly through the themes of scientific travel, labour migration, health and, of course, the environment. Involved in sharing academic knowledge with the public through books, exhibitions, cultural events etc, she continues at the same time to collaborate with academics and publish academic works.
Pablo Corral-Broto (University of Réunion Island, Espace-Dev laboratory) is an environmental historian trained at EHESS (Paris, France) and Universidad de Granada (Spain). He specialised in environmental conflicts related to industrial pollution in authoritarian regimes. Pablo studied how the environment plays a central role in democratic transitions. Since his arrival at the University of Réunion Island in 2017, he has focused on insular and colonial environmental history. He is currently working on environmental coloniality, eco-transition scenarios and island histories.