My research focuses on intertwinements between culture and the environment, particularly in relation to natural resources, conservation, parks, and protected places. Methodologically and from a theoretical standpoint, my work draws from cultural geography, political ecology, and the geohumanities, with a focus on ethnographic and creative methods.

Primary research areas:

  • Nature-society relationships

  • Parks and protected places

  • Geohumanities

  • Environmental arts and humanities

  • Art-science

  • Environmental outreach, communication, and education

  • Environmental perception

  • Visual representation and rhetoric

  • Creative methods (visual methods, photographic methods, creative GIS and StoryMaps)

  • Ethnography (interviewing, participant observation)

Recent Publications:

Bergmann, H. In the Mail: 7 Postcards Explore Nature and Landscapes Along Route 66. National Trust for Historic Preservation Stories. https://savingplaces.org/stories/postcards-to-explore-nature-and-landscape-along-route-66.

Bergmann, H. and E. Magrane. Representing Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument: Encounters with a U.S. public lands artist-in-residence program. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2024.2447503?af=R.

Bergmann, H. Geohumanities. In Encyclopedia of Human Geography, ed. B. Warf. New York, NY: Springer Nature. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384158824_Geohumanities.

Presenting my research at the 2024 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.