Science, society and the environment: applying anthropology and physics to sustainability / Michael R. Dove and Daniel M. Kammen.

By:

Dove, Michael R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2015. London:Description: xiii, 163 pISBN:

9780415715997

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DDC classification:

304.2 DOV-S

Contents:

Introduction : the anthropology and physics of sustainable environmental systems -- The virtues of mundane science : studying the everyday -- Nature, society, and science in anthropogenic grasslands : studying declensionist discourses -- High-modern versus local folk views of dearth and abundance : studying failure vs success in resource management systems -- Differences in perceptions of climate change between and within nations : studying science, scientists, and folk -- Conclusions : reflections on inter-disciplinarity, sustainability, and thermodynamics.

Summary: In an era when pressing environmental problems make collaboration across the divide between sciences and arts and humanities essential, this book presents the results of a collaborative analysis by an anthropologist and a physicist of four key junctures between science, society, and environment. The first focuses on the systemic bias in science in favour of studying esoteric subjects as distinct from the mundane subjects of everyday life; the second is a study of the fire-climax grasslands of Southeast Asia, especially those dominated

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Introduction : the anthropology and physics of sustainable environmental systems --
The virtues of mundane science : studying the everyday --
Nature, society, and science in anthropogenic grasslands : studying declensionist discourses --
High-modern versus local folk views of dearth and abundance : studying failure vs success in resource management systems --
Differences in perceptions of climate change between and within nations : studying science, scientists, and folk --
Conclusions : reflections on inter-disciplinarity, sustainability, and thermodynamics.

In an era when pressing environmental problems make collaboration across the divide between sciences and arts and humanities essential, this book presents the results of a collaborative analysis by an anthropologist and a physicist of four key junctures between science, society, and environment. The first focuses on the systemic bias in science in favour of studying esoteric subjects as distinct from the mundane subjects of everyday life; the second is a study of the fire-climax grasslands of Southeast Asia, especially those dominated

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