Anthropology and nature
On the basis of empirical studies, this book explores nature as an integral part of the social worlds conventionally studied by anthropologists. The book may be read as a form of scholarly "edgework, " resisting institutional divisions and conceptual routines in the interest of exploring new modalities of anthropological knowledge making. The present interest in the natural world is partly a response to large-scale natural disasters and global climate change, and to a keen sense that nature mat…
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- Full title :Anthropology and nature / Kirsten Hastrup
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On the basis of empirical studies, this book explores nature as an integral part of the social worlds conventionally studied by anthropologists. The book may be read as a form of scholarly "edgework, " resisting institutional divisions and conceptual routines in the interest of exploring new modalities of anthropological knowledge making. The present interest in the natural world is partly a response to large-scale natural disasters and global climate change, and to a keen sense that nature matters matters to society at many.
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- Publication Date:2013
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
Notes
1. Nature: Introducing Anthropology on the Edge Kirsten Hastrup 2. More-Than-Human Sociality: A Call for Critical Description Anna Tsing 3. Qualifying Coastal Nature: Bio-Conservation Projects in South East India Frida Hastrup 4. Engaged World-Making: Movements of Sand, Sea, and People at Two Pacific Islands Maria Louise B nnelykke Robertson and Cecilie Rubow 5. Political Ecology in a More-Than-Human World: Rethinking "Natural" Hazards Sarah Whatmore 6. Islands of Nature: Insular Objects and Frozen Spirits in Northern Mongolia Morten Axel Pedersen 7. Establishing a "Third Space": Anthropology and the Potentials of Transcending a Great Divide Andre Gingrich 8. The Inevitability of Nature as a Rhetorical Resource Steve Rayner and Clare Heyward 9. Divide and Rule: Nature and Society in a Global Forest Programme Signe Howell 10. Life at the Border: Nim Chimpsky et al. G sli P lsson 11. Human Activity Between Nature and Society: The Negotiation of Infertility in China Ayo Wahlberg 12
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- Description:x, 259 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415702751, 0415702755
- oclc:ocn857545633
- LC Classification:GN33
- Dewey Decimal:301
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