Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand
An Ethnography of Coastal Protection
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Tackling an issue of crucial importance for human-nature relationships at the coast, this rich ethnography follows the emergence of ›soft‹ coastal protection in practice.
Working with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of "soft" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering "in concert with natural processes". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making.
Working with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of "soft" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering "in concert with natural processes". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making.
Friederike Gesing (Dr.) ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am artec Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit der Universität Bremen. Sie erforscht u.a. politische, wissenschaftliche und landwirtschaftliche Praktiken im Zusammenhang mit Stickstoffemissionen.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.12.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Kultur und soziale Praxis |
| Verlagsort | Bielefeld |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 513 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker) | |
| Schlagworte | coast • Coastal Protection • Collaboration • Cultural geography • Culture • Dune Restoration • Environment • Environmental Sociology • Ethnographie • ethnography • Ethnology • human ecology • Küstenschutz • Materiality • Nature • Neuseeland; Natur • New Zealand • Oceania • Practice • Sociotechnical Imaginaries |
| ISBN-10 | 3-8376-3446-9 / 3837634469 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-8376-3446-4 / 9783837634464 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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