How Nature Speaks: The Dynamics of the Human Ecological ConditionYrjo Haila, Chuck Dyke Duke University Press, 17/03/2006 - 344 páginas 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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... Bénard cell is an elementary model of symmetry breaking : homogeneous fluid within two horizontal metal plates changes instantaneously into rotating “ cells " when the system is appropriately heated from underneath . Lasse Peltonen ...
... cell , which circulates on both sides of the equator . 1 Thermal convection : the Bénard cell . When a thin layer of suitable homogeneous fluid is heated from below , the thermal energy of the molecules at the bottom increases and their ...
... Bénard cell , for instance , the first thing that happens when the temperature gradient appears is that the thermal ( “ Brown- ian " ) movements of the molecules at the lower part of the oil layer get more irregular : the range of ...
... Bénard cell , variation in the weather , and the onset of protest movements showed . So , we need tools to evaluate similarities and differences in patterns and qualitative fea- tures of processes giving rise to novelty . A useful ...
... Bénard cell similarly provides a material instantiation of symmetry breaking and origin of novelty , as we argued ... Bénard cell demonstrates symmetry breaking . It also usefully demonstrates the role of a control parameter in systems ...
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SUSAN OYAMA 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 |
ARI JOKINEN Standardization and Entrainment in Forest Management | 198 |
Stability and Change in a Local Energy Production System | 218 |
PETER TAYLOR Exploring Themes about Social Agency through Interpretation of Diagrams of Nature and Society | 235 |
JOHN ONEILL Who Speaks for Nature? | 261 |
Primer On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition | 279 |
REFERENCES | 303 |
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS | 321 |
INDEX | 323 |
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