November 7, 2010
by peter.taylor
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Nature/culture distinctions play out in many different and contradictory ways. In turn, there are multiple rethinkings. Below are some that arose or lurked around during a year-long seminar at Rutgers University in 1996-97. The participants were invited to add to … Continue reading
November 4, 2010
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The synopsis of a case of soil erosion in Oaxaca (presented in the post before last) has, in addition to the themes of the previous post, a number of implications for thinking about the agency of the people studied and, … Continue reading
November 3, 2010
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The following discussion illustrates how socio-environmental studies, such as the case of soil erosion from the previous post and those of political ecology more generally (Peet and Watts 1996), provide rich material for exploring the problematic boundedness of ecological complexity … Continue reading
November 2, 2010
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Intersecting processes is a term I use to help students and researchers conceptualize directions that would address more complexity in socio-environmental studies (Taylor and García Barrios 1995; Taylor 2001c). The term addresses the same terrain as “unruly complexity”—to analyze social … Continue reading
November 1, 2010
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The history of ideas about nature can be read in terms of the social order being defended or promoted, as described well by Raymond Williams (1980) (and explored in the “trialogue” of previous posts). This schema (which evolved through my … Continue reading
October 31, 2010
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Interpreta: That seems a very coarse way to take environmental and health costs into account…. The previous post ended thus. Continuing the three roles: Partovo (“Humans are a Part Of nature”); Separata (“Humans have become Separate from nature”); or Interpreta … Continue reading
October 30, 2010
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Partovo: Agreed. But you should remember that some people move into such areas when the price of real estate drops to levels they can afford. That’s the way markets work to balance supply and demand. Dare I say, it’s a … Continue reading
October 29, 2010
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Continued from previous post. Each person takes one of the three roles: Partovo (“Humans are a Part Of nature”); Separata (“Humans have become Separate from nature”); or Interpreta (“Interpret Socially views about nature and what is natural”). Begin the conversation … Continue reading
October 28, 2010
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Each person takes one of the three roles: Partovo (“Humans are a Part Of nature”); Separata (“Humans have become Separate from nature”); or Interpreta (“Interpret Socially views about nature and what is natural”). Begin the conversation as scripted, but call … Continue reading
October 27, 2010
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Preamble Ideas of nature underlie a great deal of social thought and have done so through recorded history. The changing meanings of “nature” and the tensions among co-existing meanings have been analyzed brilliantly by the English cultural analyst Raymond Williams; … Continue reading