The Unsettling Outdoors

Environmental Estrangement in Everyday Life

Russell Hitchings (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2021
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-54912-3 (ISBN)

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How is it that, in the course of everyday life, people are drawn away from greenspace experiences that are often good for them? By attending to the apparently idle talk of those who are living them out, this book shows us why we should attend to the processes involved.

Develops an original perspective on how greenspace benefits are promoted
Shows how greenspace experiences can unsettle the practices of everyday life
Draws on several years of field research and over 180 interviews
Makes new links between geographies of nature and the study of social practices
Uses a focus on social practices to reimagine the research interview
Offers a wealth of suggestions for future researchers in this field

Russell Hitchings is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at University College London, UK. He has studied everyday life in a variety of contexts around the world and has published widely on qualitative methods, energy consumption, climate adaptation and nature experience.

Series Editors’ Preface viii

Acknowledgements ix

1 A Wager and a Strategy 1

2 Taking an Interest in the Everyday Lives of Others 25

3 Forgetting the Outdoors: Inside the Office 47

4 Avoiding the Outdoors: On the Treadmill 71

5 Succumbing to the Outdoors: In the Garden 96

6 Embracing the Outdoors: At the Festival 120

7 Conclusion 145

Index 164

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2020
Reihe/Serie	RGS-IBG Book Series
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-119-54912-4 / 1119549124
ISBN-13	978-1-119-54912-3 / 9781119549123
Zustand	Neuware