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Gareth Hoskins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Angel Island Immigration Station history. His research spans urban geography, politics of memory, mobility, environmental history, and material culture. Recent projects include AHRC-funded studies on mining heritage sites and preservation protocols in the UK/US, as well as community-led heritage initiatives in Wales’ Cwm Rheidol Valley. Key interests include the global political ecology of mining, cosmic humanities, and geological mobilities like self-organizing landslides. He has published widely on heritage operations, climate anxiety, and extraterrestrial material cultures.
- Education: PhD in Geography, UC Berkeley (2006)
- Grants:
- £AHRC-funded comparative study of UK/US heritage preservation (2013)
- Mining-related heritage sites project (2010-2012)
- Recent Research:
- Colonial legacies in memorial landscapes (Wales/Trinidad)
- Terrestrial impact craters as colonial sites
- Toxic legacies of hydraulic mining
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with community groups on lead-mining heritage in mid Wales, co-organizes decolonial pedagogy initiatives, and participates in interdisciplinary environmental humanities networks.
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