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Wildness - Relations of People and Place (Paperback) Loot Price: R910
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Wildness - Relations of People and Place (Paperback): Gavin Van Horn, John Hausdoerffer

Wildness - Relations of People and Place (Paperback)

Gavin Van Horn, John Hausdoerffer

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Whether referring to a place, a nonhuman animal or plant, or a state of mind, wild indicates autonomy and agency, a will to be, a unique expression of life. Yet two contrasting ideas about wild nature permeate contemporary discussions: either that nature is most wild in the absence of a defiling human presence, or that nature is completely humanized and nothing is truly wild. This book charts a different path. Exploring how people can become attuned to the wild community of life and also contribute to the well-being of the wild places in which we live, work, and play, Wildness brings together esteemed authors from a variety of landscapes, cultures, and backgrounds to share their stories about the interdependence of everyday human lifeways and wildness. As they show, far from being an all or nothing proposition, wildness exists in variations and degrees that range from cultivated soils to multigenerational forests to sunflowers pushing through cracks in a city alley. Spanning diverse geographies, these essays celebrate the continuum of wildness, revealing the many ways in which human communities can nurture, adapt to, and thrive alongside their wild nonhuman kin. From the contoured lands of Wisconsin's Driftless region to remote Alaska, from the amazing adaptations of animals and plants living in the concrete jungle to indigenous lands and harvest ceremonies, from backyards to reclaimed urban industrial sites, from microcosms to bioregions and atmospheres, manifestations of wildness are everywhere. With this book, we gain insight into what wildness is and could be, as well as how it might be recovered in our lives and with it, how we might unearth a more profound, wilder understanding of what it means to be human.

General

Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2017
Editors: Gavin Van Horn • John Hausdoerffer
Dimensions: 154 x 230 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-44483-3
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General
LSN: 0-226-44483-X
Barcode: 9780226444833

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