How Nature Speaks: The Dynamics of the Human Ecological ConditionYrjo Haila, Chuck Dyke Duke University Press, 17/03/2006 - 334 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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... essays " What to Say about Nature's ' Speech ' " by Yrjö Haila and Chuck Dyke , " Fight Over the Face of Tampere : A ... essay " What to Say about Nature's ' Speech ' " by Yrjö Haila and Chuck Dyke is reprinted courtesy of Lawrence ...
... essays included in this collection address and assess various aspects of " nature's speech . " Allocating textual capacities to nature goes back to ancient times , usually with specific ideas about who among humans are able to under ...
... essays in this collection make ample use of the conceptual tools of nonlinear dynamics and complexity as well as a whole range of more specific scientific disci- plines . If we want to be serious about the human ecological condition ...
... essays in this volume spell out . We humans speak of nature ( Oyama , this volume ) and for nature ( O'Neill , this volume ) , and we compose views of nature ( Taylor , this volume ) . Furthermore , speech means two - way communication ...
... essays of Peltonen and Laine show us how politi- cal novelties emerged out of a particular complex environment , orig- inally structured in the aftermath of the Second World War and result- ing ideological configurations , then ...
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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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