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Permaculture Research Digest
Tuesday 23 July 2013
How do we make sense of nature? (book)
Making Sense of Nature
Making Sense of Nature shows that what we call ‘nature’ is made
sense of for us in ways that make it central to social order, social
change and social dissent. This interdisciplinary text asks
whether we can better make sense of nature for ourselves, and thus
participate more meaningfully in momentous decisions about the future of
life – human and non-human – on the planet. This book shows how
‘nature’ can be made sense of without presuming its naturalness. The
challenge is not so much to rid ourselves of the idea of nature and its
‘collateral concepts’ (such as genes) but instead, we need to be more
alert to how, why and with what effects ideas about ‘nature’ get
fashioned and deployed in specific situations. Among other things, the
book deals with science and scientists, the mass media and journalists,
ecotourism, literature and cinema, environmentalists, advertising and
big business.
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