How Nature Speaks: The Dynamics of the Human Ecological ConditionYrjo Haila, Chuck Dyke Duke University Press, 2006/03/17 - 334 ページ How Nature Speaks illustrates the convergence of complexity theory in the biophysical and social sciences and the implications of the science of complexity for environmental politics and practice. This collection of essays focuses on uncertainty, surprise, and positionality—situated rather than absolute knowledge—in studies of nature by people embedded within the very thing they purport to study from the outside. The contributors address the complicated relationship between scientists and nature as part of a broader reassessment of how we conceive of ourselves, knowledge, and the world that we both inhabit and shape. Exploring ways of conceiving the complexity and multiplicity of humans’ many interactive relationships with the environment, the contributors provide in-depth case studies of the interweaving of culture and nature in socio-historical processes. The case studies focus on the origin of environmental movements, the politicization of environmental issues in city politics, the development of a local energy production system, and the convergence of forest management practices toward a dominant scheme. They are supported by explorations of big-picture issues: recurring themes in studies of social and environmental dynamics, the difficulties of deliberative democracy, and the potential gains for socio-ecological research offered by developmental systems theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of intentionality. How Nature Speaks includes a helpful primer, “On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition,” which explains the basic principles of complexity and nonlinear thinking. Contributors. Chuck Dyke, Yrjö Haila, Ari Jokinen, Ville Lähde, Markus Laine, Iordanis Marcoulatos, John O’Neill, Susan Oyama, Taru Peltola, Lasse Peltonen, John Shotter, Peter Taylor |
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... Climate Changes , and Cultures : An Exploration into the Historical Nature of Environmental Problems 78 JOHN SHOTTER Participative Thinking : " Seeing the Face " and " Hearing the Voice " of Nature 106 IORDANIS MARCOULATOS Perspective ...
... change in nature is a potential disaster from the point of view of creatures ... Climate Changes , and Cultures . " Furthermore , disasters are often ... change in some critical features of a particular system can suddenly lead to a ...
... change in the state of the lake for a long time until an algal bloom suddenly takes place . The world system as a whole , or any of its parts such as the climate , oceanic circulation , or ecological interactions , is also vulner- able ...
... change in the possibility space is perhaps the feature of this system that ... Climate and weather also demonstrate another important feature of novelty ... change . The temporal horizon of changes in the weather , and sensible weather ...
... climate of the earth shows predictable patterns of other kinds on longer temporal horizons . Seasonality , of course ... change in a temporal horizon of several years . The frequency of El Niño has probably changed during the past decades ( ...
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Speaking of Nature | 49 |
A Hoary Story | 66 |
An Exploration into the Historical Nature of Environmental Problems | 78 |
Seeing the Face and Hearing the Voice of Nature | 106 |
A Bourdieuian Perspective | 127 |
An Analogical Account of Environmental Mobilization | 150 |
A Sneaking Transformation of a Local Political Field | 177 |
Standardization and Entrainment in Forest Management | 198 |
Stability and Change in a Local Energy Production System | 218 |
Exploring Themes about Social Agency through Interpretation of Diagrams of Nature and Society | 235 |
Who Speaks for Nature? | 261 |
Primer On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition | 279 |
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NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS | 321 |
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