The Rural Review
An online journal produced in conjunction with the Rural Reconciliation Project.
The Rural Review publishes digests of important academic contributions, program information, blog-style commentary, and periodic roundups of rural items from across academic disciplines and scholarly media.
Contributions from interested authors are welcome. Find our author guidelines here.
Roundup: October 20, 2023
A periodic collection of recent research, analysis, and other notable rural items. This Roundup features new work by @JTomMueller, @J_Farrell, and many others; upcoming events by @RuralVoicesRVCC, podcasts recs including @LandscapesPod and more!
Buzard et al.: Barrier Island Reconfiguration Leads to Relocation
In Barrier Island Reconfiguration Leads to Rapid Erosion and Relocation of a Rural Alaska Community, authors Richard M. Buzard, Christopher V. Maio, Roberta J.T. Glenn (all of University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geosciences), Nicole E.M. Kinsman (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Li H. Erikson (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center), Benjamin M. Jones (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Northern Engineering), Scott Anderson (Native Village of Port Heiden), and Jacquelyn R. Overbeck (Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys) provide a unique analysis of modern coastal erosion in a rural Alaskan village.
Hadachek, Sexton, and Ma: Resilience of Food Supply Under Extreme Events
In Market Structure and Resilience of Food Supply Chains Under Extreme Events, authors Jeffrey Hadachek, Richard J. Sexton (both Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC-Davis), and Meilin Ma (Department of Agriculture Economics, Purdue University) examine the impact of economic policy on the resilience of food supply chains.
Who Owns Rural America: Land & Water Workshop Review
This July, the Rural Reconciliation Project hosted interdisciplinary scholars in Lincoln, Nebraska, to discuss pressing issues related to the changing ownership of land and water resources.
Stiernström: Sustainable Development and Sacrifice
In “Sustainable development and sacrifice in the rural North,” author Arvid Stiernström (Department of Urban and Rural Development, Division of Rural Development, Institutionen för stad och land, Uppsala, Sweden) examines the narratives and concepts used surrounding mining in rural communities.
Infographic No. 3: Food Insecurity in Indian Country
Third in our series of infographics produced in Emily Prifogle's Law in Rural America seminar is a closer look into food insecurity in Indian Country by third-year law student at Michigan Law, Taylor Hopkins
Infographic No. 2: Rural Alaska Governance
Second in our series of infographics produced in Emily Prifogle's Law in Rural America seminar is by Alaska native and recent graduate of Michigan Law, Mitchel Forbes, with thoughts on "over-goverance" in rural Alaska and tips for dissolving local municipal governments:
