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Making Sense of Nature (Paperback)
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Making Sense of Nature (Paperback)
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We listen to a cacophony of voices instructing us how to think and
feel about nature, including our own bodies. The news media,
wildlife documentaries, science magazines, and environmental NGOs
are among those clamouring for our attention. But are we empowered
by all this knowledge or is our dependence on various communities
allowing our thoughts, sentiments and activities to be unduly
governed by others? Making Sense of Nature shows that what we call
'nature' is made sense of for us in ways that make it central to
social order, social change and social dissent. By utilising
insights and extended examples from anthropology, cultural studies,
human geography, philosophy, politics, sociology, science studies,
this interdisciplinary text asks whether we can better make sense
of nature for ourselves, and thus participate more meaningfully in
momentous decisions about the future of life - human and non-human
- on the planet. This book shows how 'nature' can be made sense of
without presuming its naturalness. The challenge is not so much to
rid ourselves of the idea of nature and its 'collateral concepts'
(such as genes) but instead, we need to be more alert to how, why
and with what effects ideas about 'nature' get fashioned and
deployed in specific situations. Among other things, the book deals
with science and scientists, the mass media and journalists,
ecotourism, literature and cinema, environmentalists, advertising
and big business. This innovative text contains numerous case
studies and examples from daily life to put theory and subject
matter into context, as well as study tasks, a glossary and
suggested further reading. The case studies cover a range of
topics, range from forestry in Canada and Guinea, to bestiality in
Washington State, to how human genetics is reported in Western
newspapers, to participatory science experiments in the UK. Making
Sense of Nature will empower readers from a wide range of fields
across the social sciences, humanities and physical sciences.
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