How Nature Speaks: The Dynamics of the Human Ecological ConditionYrjo Haila, Chuck Dyke Duke University Press, 17. 3. 2006 - Počet stran: 334 How Nature Speaks illustrates the convergence of complexity theory in the biophysical and social sciences and the implications of the science of complexity for environmental politics and practice. This collection of essays focuses on uncertainty, surprise, and positionality—situated rather than absolute knowledge—in studies of nature by people embedded within the very thing they purport to study from the outside. The contributors address the complicated relationship between scientists and nature as part of a broader reassessment of how we conceive of ourselves, knowledge, and the world that we both inhabit and shape. Exploring ways of conceiving the complexity and multiplicity of humans’ many interactive relationships with the environment, the contributors provide in-depth case studies of the interweaving of culture and nature in socio-historical processes. The case studies focus on the origin of environmental movements, the politicization of environmental issues in city politics, the development of a local energy production system, and the convergence of forest management practices toward a dominant scheme. They are supported by explorations of big-picture issues: recurring themes in studies of social and environmental dynamics, the difficulties of deliberative democracy, and the potential gains for socio-ecological research offered by developmental systems theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of intentionality. How Nature Speaks includes a helpful primer, “On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition,” which explains the basic principles of complexity and nonlinear thinking. Contributors. Chuck Dyke, Yrjö Haila, Ari Jokinen, Ville Lähde, Markus Laine, Iordanis Marcoulatos, John O’Neill, Susan Oyama, Taru Peltola, Lasse Peltonen, John Shotter, Peter Taylor |
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... Energy Pro- duction System " by Taru Peltola , and for the appendix . Figure 4 in the essay " What to Say about Nature's ' Speech ' " by Yrjö Haila and Chuck Dyke is reprinted courtesy of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates , Publisher ; it ...
... Energy Production System 218 PETER TAYLOR Exploring Themes about Social Agency through Interpretation of Diagrams of Nature and Society 235 JOHN O'NEILL Who Speaks for Nature ? 261 CHUCK DYKE Appendix : Primer : On Thinking Dynamically ...
... energy in the atmosphere toward the poles by , for instance , the Hadley circulation on both sides of the equator . It drives continental drift through convective " cells " in the earth's mantle , and so on ( Figures 1 and 2 ) . As ...
... from below , the thermal energy of the molecules at the bottom increases and their movements intensify ; at a critical level of temperature gradient , regular rotating " cells " show up in the fluid . Tropopause Hadley Cell Equator 30 ° 0 °
... energy gradients . Meteorologists with practical experience in weather forecasts have good hands - on experience of the dominant pat- terns in the particular regions they work in . On the other hand , the global climate system as a ...
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Speaking of Nature | 49 |
A Hoary Story | 66 |
An Exploration into the Historical Nature of Environmental Problems | 78 |
Seeing the Face and Hearing the Voice of Nature | 106 |
A Bourdieuian Perspective | 127 |
An Analogical Account of Environmental Mobilization | 150 |
A Sneaking Transformation of a Local Political Field | 177 |
Standardization and Entrainment in Forest Management | 198 |
Stability and Change in a Local Energy Production System | 218 |
Exploring Themes about Social Agency through Interpretation of Diagrams of Nature and Society | 235 |
Who Speaks for Nature? | 261 |
Primer On Thinking Dynamically about the Human Ecological Condition | 279 |
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NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS | 321 |
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