Historical

By examining the history of drought, we seek to better understand the way taken-for-granted notions of drought have come into being over time: the interests they have served or overlooked, the voices they have foregrounded or silenced, their impact on environmental management, policies, economic and domestic life, the ways they have changed and how they might be different. As part of our historical research, we are examining newspapers, manuscripts such as letters and diaries and conducting oral history interviews with residents of each region.