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Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
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Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era
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Deciding what user impacts are natural or unnatural has inspired
much debate. Biophysically, moose cause similar kinds of soil and
vegetation impacts as hikers. Yet moose are the sign of nature
while hikers are the sign of damage. The field of outdoor
recreation is beset with paradoxes, and this book presents a
unique, alternative framework to address these dilemmas. Examining
outdoor recreation through the lens of ecological theory, Ryan
draws from theorists such as Foucault, Derrida and Latour. The book
explores minimum impact strategies designed to protect and enhance
ecological integrity, but that also require a disturbing amount of
policing of users, which runs counter to the freedom users seek.
Recent ecological theory suggests that outdoor recreation's view of
nature as balanced when impacts are removed is outdated and
incorrect. What is needed, and indeed Ryan presents, is a
paradoxical and ecological view of humans as neither natural nor
unnatural, a view that embraces some traces in nature.
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