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Spatializing the History of Ecology - Sites, Journeys, Mappings (Paperback)
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Spatializing the History of Ecology - Sites, Journeys, Mappings (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Throughout its history, the discipline of ecology has always been
profoundly entangled with the history of space and place. On the
one hand, ecology is a field science that has thrived on the study
of concrete spatial entities, such as islands, forests or rivers.
These spaces are the workplaces in which ecological phenomena are
identified, observed and experimented on. They provide both
epistemic opportunities and constraints that structure the agenda
and the analytical sensibilities of ecological researchers. On the
other hand, ecological knowledge and practices have become
important resources through which spaces and places are classified,
delineated, explained, experienced and managed. The impact of these
activities reaches far beyond the realms of the ecological
discipline. Many ecological concepts such as "biotopes,"
"ecosystems" and "the biosphere" have become entities that widely
resonate in public life and policy making. This book explores the
mutual entanglement between space and knowledge-making in the
history of ecology. Its first goal is to explore to which extent a
spatial perspective can shed new light on the history of ecological
science. Second, it uses ecology as a critical site to gain broader
insights into the history of the environment in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Via a series of case studies - discussing
topics that range from ecological field stations in the
early-twentieth century Caribbean over wisent breeding in Nazi
Germany to computer modelling in North American deserts - the book
offers a tour through the changing landscapes of modern ecology.
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