Radical Human Ecology
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7546-7768-0 (ISBN)
Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues, but also address questions of practice and meaning. Organized into three sections - Head, Heart and Hand - this volume covers the following key research areas: Theories of Human Ecology Indigenous and Wisdom Traditions Eco-spiritual Epistemologies and Ontology Research practice in Human Ecology The researcher-researched relationship Research priorities for a holistic world With the study of human ecology becoming increasingly imperative, this comprehensive volume will be a valuable addition for classroom use.
Lewis Williams, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Rose Roberts, member of Lac La Ronge Indian Band and previous faculty, University of Saskatchewan, Canada and Alastair McIntosh, Centre for Human Ecology and University of Strathclyde, UK.
Introduction: Human Ecology: A Pedagogy of Hope?; 1: Head: Theories of Human Ecology; 1: The Attitude of Human Ecology; 2: The Challenge of Radical Human Ecology to the Academy; 3: Being From and Coming To: Outline of an Ethno-Ecological Framework; 4: Returning the Sacred: Indigenous Ontologies in Perilous Times; 2: Heart: Radical Epistemologies of Relationship; 5: The Human Ecologist as Alchemist: An Inquiry into Ng?i Te Rangi Cosmology, Human Agency, and Well-Being in a Time of Ecological Peril; 6: Exploring Identity, Belonging and Place-making as a Transition Activist; 7: Education for Life: Human Ecology Pedagogy as a Bridge to Indigenous Knowing; 8: Sufi Path: Possibilities of Transcending Limited and Limiting Identity; 9: The Promise of Orthodox Christianity for Sustainable Community Development; 10: North American Indians, Connectivity and Human Ecology; 11: Living in Respect: Traditional knowledge of the Woodland Cree in Northern Saskatchewan; 3: Hand: Human Ecology in Practice; 12: Teaching Radical Human Ecology in the Academy; 13: Human Ecology as Peacebuilding; 14: Migration, Aboriginality and Acculturation; 15: The Immigration Experience: Losses and Gains for Immigrant and Refugee Women; 16: Rebuilding China's Economy on Gendered Rural Family Labour: A Case Study of Generational Migration, Stasis and Ecological Degradation; 17: Human Ecology: From Conceptual Exercise to Militant Practice in Maranhão; 18: The Place of Creation: Transformation, Trauma and Re-rooting Creative Praxis; 19: Experiments in Action Research and Human Ecology: Developing a Community of Practice for Rural Resilience Pioneers; 20: He Whanaunga T?r?: The Politics and Practice of an Indigenous and Intercultural Approach to Ecological Well-Being; Editors' Afterword: A Research Agenda for Human Ecology
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.1.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1111 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7546-7768-0 / 0754677680 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7546-7768-0 / 9780754677680 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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