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Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the
conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to
resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants. The
vast scale of these changes, affecting land, sea and air have
prompted calls for the 'ecologicalisation' of knowledge. This book
adopts a much needed 'more-than-human' framework to grasp these
complexities and challenges. It contains multidisciplinary insights
and diverse methodological approaches to question how to revise,
reshape and invent methods in order to work with non-humans in
participatory ways. The book offers a framework for thinking
critically about the promises and potentialities of participation
from within a more-than-human paradigm, and opens up trajectories
for its future development. It will be of interest to those working
in the environmental humanities, animal studies, science and
technology studies, ecology, and anthropology.
Recent scholarship on archival research has raised questions
concerning the character and impact of 'the archive' on how the
traces of the past are researched, the use and analysis of
different kinds of archived data, methodological approaches to the
practicalities involved, and what kind of theory is drawn on and
contributed to by such research. The Archive Project: Archival
Research in the Social Sciences builds on these questions,
exploring key methodological ideas and debates and engaging in
detail with a wide range of archival projects and practices, in
order to put to use important theoretical ideas that shed light on
the methods involved. Offering an overview of the current 'state of
the field' and written by four authors with extensive experience in
conducting research in and creating archives around the world, it
demonstrates the different ways in which archival methodology,
practice and theory can be employed. It also shows how the ideas
and approaches detailed in the book can be put into practice by
other researchers, working on different kinds of archives and
collections. The volume engages with crucial questions, including:
What is 'an archive' and how does it come into existence? Why do
archival research and how is it done? How can sense be made of the
scale and scope of collections and archives? What are the best ways
to analyse the traces of the past that remain? What are helpful
criteria for evaluating the knowledge claims produced by archival
research? What is the importance of community archives? How has the
digital turn changed the way in which archival research is carried
out? What role is played by the questions that researchers bring
into an archive? How do we deal with unexpected encounters in the
archive? A rigorous and accessible examination of the methods and
choices that shape research 'on the ground' and the ways in which
theory, practice and methodology inform one another, this book will
appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with
interests in archival and documentary research.
Recent scholarship on archival research has raised questions
concerning the character and impact of 'the archive' on how the
traces of the past are researched, the use and analysis of
different kinds of archived data, methodological approaches to the
practicalities involved, and what kind of theory is drawn on and
contributed to by such research. The Archive Project: Archival
Research in the Social Sciences builds on these questions,
exploring key methodological ideas and debates and engaging in
detail with a wide range of archival projects and practices, in
order to put to use important theoretical ideas that shed light on
the methods involved. Offering an overview of the current 'state of
the field' and written by four authors with extensive experience in
conducting research in and creating archives around the world, it
demonstrates the different ways in which archival methodology,
practice and theory can be employed. It also shows how the ideas
and approaches detailed in the book can be put into practice by
other researchers, working on different kinds of archives and
collections. The volume engages with crucial questions, including:
What is 'an archive' and how does it come into existence? Why do
archival research and how is it done? How can sense be made of the
scale and scope of collections and archives? What are the best ways
to analyse the traces of the past that remain? What are helpful
criteria for evaluating the knowledge claims produced by archival
research? What is the importance of community archives? How has the
digital turn changed the way in which archival research is carried
out? What role is played by the questions that researchers bring
into an archive? How do we deal with unexpected encounters in the
archive? A rigorous and accessible examination of the methods and
choices that shape research 'on the ground' and the ways in which
theory, practice and methodology inform one another, this book will
appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with
interests in archival and documentary research.
Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have
experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of
development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an
all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists
between sustainable urban development values and rhetoric - such as
increased densities, brown field development, the compact city and
social inclusion - and the emerging geography of urban Ireland,
influenced by consumer and lifestyle choices. The introduction
provides an overview of the dynamics of urban change, particularly
during the 1990s, and the experience of rapid economic growth. The
following chapters are divided into two parts, considering
sustainable urban environments, and sustainable communities. This
book will appeal to students, academics, policy and
decision-makers, given that it adopts both a qualitative and
quantitative approach, and introduces a range of new empirical
studies covering both physical and social sustainable development.
The study of the cultural landscape has gained momentum in recent
years, revealing new insights to geographers, archaeologists,
sociologists and architects. The cultural landscape is often viewed
as an emblematic site and thus a key player in the heritage
process. This book explores the overlapping and often complex
relationships between identity, memory, heritage and the cultural
landscape. It provides an overview of new approaches in the study
of these relationships, combined with evidence from Ireland,
England, Scotland and the United States. These case studies
demonstrate the significance of the past in the contemporary
construction of identity narratives and draw attention to the
powerful role of monuments and parades as sites of cultural
heritage. The focus then shifts to the way in which heritage has
become politicized for various ends, demonstrating the changing
perception of particular heritage sites and buildings, and the role
that this has played in constructing and reconstructing particular
identities.
The COVID-19 pandemic was not a great 'equaliser', but rather an
event whose impact intersected with pre-existing inequalities
affecting different people, places, and geographic scales. Nowhere
is this more apparent than in housing. Written by an international
group of experts, this book casts light on how the virus has
impacted the experience of home and housing through the lens of
wider urban processes around transportation, land use, planning
policy, racism, and inequality. Case studies from around the world
examine issues around gentrification, housing processes, design,
systems, finance and policy. Offering crucial insights for
reforming cities to be more resilient to future crises, this is an
invaluable resource for scholars and policy makers alike.
The study of the cultural landscape has gained momentum in recent
years, revealing new insights to geographers, archaeologists,
sociologists and architects. The cultural landscape is often viewed
as an emblematic site and thus a key player in the heritage
process. This book explores the overlapping and often complex
relationships between identity, memory, heritage and the cultural
landscape. It provides an overview of new approaches in the study
of these relationships, combined with evidence from Ireland,
England, Scotland and the United States. These case studies
demonstrate the significance of the past in the contemporary
construction of identity narratives and draw attention to the
powerful role of monuments and parades as sites of cultural
heritage. The focus then shifts to the way in which heritage has
become politicized for various ends, demonstrating the changing
perception of particular heritage sites and buildings, and the role
that this has played in constructing and reconstructing particular
identities.
Ireland is now an urban society, and both parts of the island have
experienced rapid urban-generated growth and new patterns of
development in recent years. This inter-disciplinary book adopts an
all-Ireland perspective to investigate the tension that exists
between sustainable urban development values and rhetoric - such as
increased densities, brown field development, the compact city and
social inclusion - and the emerging geography of urban Ireland,
influenced by consumer and lifestyle choices. The introduction
provides an overview of the dynamics of urban change, particularly
during the 1990s, and the experience of rapid economic growth. The
following chapters are divided into two parts, considering
sustainable urban environments, and sustainable communities. This
book will appeal to students, academics, policy and
decision-makers, given that it adopts both a qualitative and
quantitative approach, and introduces a range of new empirical
studies covering both physical and social sustainable development.
Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the
conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to
resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants. The
vast scale of these changes, affecting land, sea and air have
prompted calls for the 'ecologicalisation' of knowledge. This book
adopts a much needed 'more-than-human' framework to grasp these
complexities and challenges. It contains multidisciplinary insights
and diverse methodological approaches to question how to revise,
reshape and invent methods in order to work with non-humans in
participatory ways. The book offers a framework for thinking
critically about the promises and potentialities of participation
from within a more-than-human paradigm, and opens up trajectories
for its future development. It will be of interest to those working
in the environmental humanities, animal studies, science and
technology studies, ecology, and anthropology.
Twenty-odd years after activists set up a peace camp blocking a
logging road into an extensive area of temperate rainforest in
Clayoquot Sound, that summer of protest still holds a prominent
place in Canadian environmental discourse. Although the camp was
said to be based on feminist or eco/feminist principles,
insufficient attention has been paid to its impact on feminism and
the debates that were raging at that time. Moore sets out to remedy
this through a careful, qualitative study of the peace camp. She
demonstrates that the sheer vitality of eco/feminist politics at
the camp confounded dominant narratives of contemporary feminism
and re-imagined eco/feminist politics for new times.
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