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In pursuit of lifestyle change, affordable property, and proximity
to nature, people from all walks of life are moving to the
wildland-urban interface. Tragic wildfires and a predicted increase
in high fire danger weather with climate change have triggered
concern for the safety of such amenity-led migrants in
wildfire-prone landscapes. This book examines wildfire awareness
and preparedness amongst women, men, households, communities and
agencies at the interface between city and beyond. It does so
through an examination of two regions where wildfires are common
and disastrous, and where how to deal with them is a major
political issue: southeast Australia and the west coast United
States. It follows women's and men's stories of surviving,
fighting, evacuating, living and working with wildfire to reveal
the intimate inner workings of wildfire response - and especially
the culturally and historically distinct gender relations that
underpin wildfire resilience. Wildfire is revealed as much more
than a "natural" hazard - it is far from gender-neutral. Rather,
wildfire is an important means through which traditional gender
roles and power relations are maintained despite changing social
circumstances. Women's and men's subjectivities are shaped by
varying senses of inclusion, exclusion, engagement and
disengagement with wildfire management. This leads to the
reproduction of gender identities with clear ramifications for if,
how and to what extent women and men prepare for wildfire.
In pursuit of lifestyle change, affordable property, and proximity
to nature, people from all walks of life are moving to the
wildland-urban interface. Tragic wildfires and a predicted increase
in high fire danger weather with climate change have triggered
concern for the safety of such amenity-led migrants in
wildfire-prone landscapes. This book examines wildfire awareness
and preparedness amongst women, men, households, communities and
agencies at the interface between city and beyond. It does so
through an examination of two regions where wildfires are common
and disastrous, and where how to deal with them is a major
political issue: southeast Australia and the west coast United
States. It follows women's and men's stories of surviving,
fighting, evacuating, living and working with wildfire to reveal
the intimate inner workings of wildfire response - and especially
the culturally and historically distinct gender relations that
underpin wildfire resilience. Wildfire is revealed as much more
than a "natural" hazard - it is far from gender-neutral. Rather,
wildfire is an important means through which traditional gender
roles and power relations are maintained despite changing social
circumstances. Women's and men's subjectivities are shaped by
varying senses of inclusion, exclusion, engagement and
disengagement with wildfire management. This leads to the
reproduction of gender identities with clear ramifications for if,
how and to what extent women and men prepare for wildfire.
This book explores how fire, plants and people coexist in the
Anthropocene. In a time of dramatic environmental transformation,
the authors examine how human impacts on the planetary system are
being felt at all levels from the geological and the arboreal to
the atmospheric. The book brings together the disciplines of human
geography and art history to examine fire-plant-people alliances
and multispecies world-making. The authors listen carefully to the
narratives of bushfire survivors. They embrace the responses of
contemporary artists, as practice becomes interwoven with fire as
well as ruin and regrowth. Through visual, textual and felt ways of
being, the chapters illuminate, illustrate, impress and imprint the
imagined and actual agency of plants and people within a changing
climate - from Aboriginal ecocultural burning to nuclear fire. By
holding grief and enacting hope, the book shows how relationships
come to be and are likely to change due to the interdependencies of
fire, plants and people in the Anthropocene.
This book explores how fire, plants and people coexist in the
Anthropocene. In a time of dramatic environmental transformation,
the authors examine how human impacts on the planetary system are
being felt at all levels from the geological and the arboreal to
the atmospheric. The book brings together the disciplines of human
geography and art history to examine fire-plant-people alliances
and multispecies world-making. The authors listen carefully to the
narratives of bushfire survivors. They embrace the responses of
contemporary artists, as practice becomes interwoven with fire as
well as ruin and regrowth. Through visual, textual and felt ways of
being, the chapters illuminate, illustrate, impress and imprint the
imagined and actual agency of plants and people within a changing
climate - from Aboriginal ecocultural burning to nuclear fire. By
holding grief and enacting hope, the book shows how relationships
come to be and are likely to change due to the interdependencies of
fire, plants and people in the Anthropocene.
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