Haila / Dyke / Escobar How Nature Speaks

The Dynamics of the Human Ecological Condition
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8771-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Reihe: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century

Groundbreaking collection contends that humans must establish communication with the rest of nature and a mutually nurturing relationship that builds on nature’s presence in all human practices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haila, Yrjo

Dyke, Chuck

Escobar, Arturo

Rocheleau, Dianne

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

ntroduction: What to Say about Nature’s “Speech” / Yrjo Haila and Chuck Dyke 1

Speaking of Nature / Susan Oyama 49

Natural Speech: A Hoary Story / Chuck Dyke 66

Gardens, Climate Changes, and Cultures: An Exploration into the Historical Nature of Environmental Problems / Ville Lähde 78

Participative Thinking: “Seeing the Face” and “Hearing the Voice” of Nature / John Shotter 106

Rethinking Intentionality: A Bourdieuian Perspective/ Iordanis Marcoulatos 127

Fluids on the Move: An Analogical Account of Environmental Mobilization / Lasse Peltonen 150

Fight Over the Face of Tampere: A Sneaking Transformation of a Local Political Field / Markus Laine 177

Stand/ardization and Entrainment in Forest Management / Ari Jokinen 198

Calculating the Futures: Stability and Change in a Local Energy Production System / Taru Peltola 218

Exploring Themes about Social Agency through Interpretation of Diagrams of Nature and Society / Peter Taylor 235

Who Speaks for Nature? / John O’Neill 261

Appendix: Primer: On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition / Chuck Dyke 279

References 303

Notes on Contributors 323

Index 325

Über Autor(innen)

Yrjö Haila is Professor of Environmental Policy at the University of Tampere in Finland. Among his books are Humanity and Nature (with Richard Levins) and several books in Finnish.Chuck Dyke is Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. He is the author of The Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Systems and Through the Genetic Maze.