Global assemblages, resilience, and Earth Stewardship in the Anthropocene

Ogden, Laura A.; Heynen, Nick; Oslender, Ulrich; West, Paige; Kassam, Karim-Aly; Robbins, Paul

doi:10.1890/120327

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“…(Gesler,this issue,4). This reciprocal dynamic of human-environment interaction has been largely overlooked in the literature on therapeutic landscapes, and we contend that it is central to a holistic and relational perspective of how space and place interact with human health, as explored in other fields (see Ogden et al 2013;Smyth 2005). In a review of trends within the literature, Smyth (2005, 490) points to a growing body of work that has: tended to examine the spaces within which health is played out.…”

Section: Building Landscapes Through Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Constructing landscapes

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King²

2017

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The concept of therapeutic landscapes has been adopted from geography by anthropologists with a similar commitment to addressing the intersections between the construction of place and the multifaceted and symbolic dimensions of health. Drawing from health geography and medical anthropology, we take up the challenge from these fields to approach health broadly in order to understand how health decision making is connected to intersecting political, economic, social, and cultural processes that shape what options are available to people. This article presents findings from an ongoing study of the political ecology of health in northeastern South Africa. We consider how therapeutic landscapes are produced by physical infrastructure, social dynamics, and the use of natural resources for livelihoods and health management. While each of these dimensions is critical in shaping human health, we argue that it is through their interaction that therapeutic landscapes are produced. Landscapes of care are thus complicated and shifting, with rural households making strategic decisions to leverage government support, social support, and resources for health management. We conclude by emphasizing the need for further integration of anthropological and geographic frameworks in studying human health.

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Section: Building Landscapes Through Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While transnational movements in sustainability and conservation encourage the reduced reliance on natural resources, current living conditions can make such change difficult, if not impossible in places like Ntunda. Instead, residents face a 'double exposure' to market-driven change and environmental change (Ogden et al 2013). …”

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Constructing landscapes

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King²

2017

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“…Ecologists, largely in conservation biology, have responded to the call through the Ecological Society of America's Earth Stewardship initiative, which attempts to bridge natural and social sciences, policymakers and civil society (Chapin III et al 2011). Although the Earth Stewardship initiative is important for its orientation towards explicit action, attention to ethics, and value of local and Indigenous ways of knowing, it privileges ecological knowledge and sustainability science while largely ignoring political economy and the power relations so central for understanding the root causes of our current socio-ecological state (Ogden et al 2013;Sayre et al 2013). Such apolitical responses to the Anthropocene will always prove inadequate.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Such apolitical responses to the Anthropocene will always prove inadequate. It is only by understanding the deep interconnections of socioecological relations across scale, historically and geographically-by paying attention to power and political economic drivers, the building blocks of political ecology-that we can fully understand and respond to the challenges that face us in the Anthropocene (Ogden et al 2013).…”

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Public Political Ecology: a community of praxis for earth stewardship

Osborne

2017

Journal of Political Ecology

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Political ecology is a powerful framework for analyzing the underlying causes of environmental change, yet underutilized for guiding an ethical response to the Anthropocene. In this article, I introduce Public Political Ecology as an approach for practicing engaged scholarship in this moment of ecological crisis. A political, ethical and educational project, public political ecology is influenced by Antonio Gramsci's work on the philosophy of praxis. It therefore operates from the understanding that ideas are a material force capable of transforming society in revolutionary ways, and through a community of praxis within which academics can play important roles by engaging more actively with broader publics. Innovations from public geographies such as participatory action research and mapping, service learning, and social media offer important methodologies and tools for this approach. Public political ecology, then, is a means by which political ecologists can serve as earth stewards and thus finally make good on the field's emancipatory claims. Keywords: Political ecology, engaged scholarship, earth stewardship, public geography, praxis Résumé L'écologie politique est un cadre puissant pour analyser les causes sous-jacentes du changement environnemental, mais sous-utilisé pour guider une réponse éthique à l'Anthropocène. Dans cet article, je présente l'Écologie Politique Publique comme une approche pour pratiquer le travail engagé dans ce moment de crise écologique. Un projet politique, éthique et éducatif, l'écologie politique publique est influencée par le travail d'Antonio Gramsci sur la philosophie de la praxis. Cela implique donc que les idées sont une force matérielle capable de transformer la société de manière révolutionnaire et à travers une communauté de praxis dans laquelle les universitaires peuvent jouer un rôle important en s'engageant plus activement avec des publics plus larges. Les innovations du domaine des «géographies publiques» telles que la recherche et la cartographie participative, l'apprentissage en cours d'emploi et les médias sociaux offrent des méthodologies et des outils importants pour cette approche. L'écologie politique publique est donc un moyen par lequel les écologistes politiques peuvent servir de «intendants de la terre» et ainsi, finalement, se substituer aux revendications émancipatrices de l'écologie politique. Mots-clés: écologie politique, travail académique engagé, intendants terrestres, géographie publique, praxis ResumenLa ecología política es un marco poderoso para analizar las causas subyacentes del cambio ambiental. Sin embargo se ha utilizado poco para guiar una respuesta ética al Antropoceno. En este trabajo, presento la Ecología Política Publica como una forma de practicar la escolaridad comprometida en este momento de crisis ecológica. Un proyecto político, ético y educacional, la ecología política publica es inspirado por el trabajo de Antonio Gramsci en la filosofía de praxis que propone que las ideas sirven como una fuerza material capaz de transfor...

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“…While issues such as global climate change and evolution increasingly dominate the public debate, and a countless number of personal and societal issues require citizens to make informed decisions based on their understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, museums are playing an increasingly important role as an educational platform (Huettmann 2007(Huettmann , 2015a; Rockström et al 2009;Bhatt et al 2010;Mace et al 2010;Moerlein and Carothers 2012;Ogden et al 2013). The need for increased understanding of global change requires an informal and formal educational approach to interdisciplinary science knowledge, reflection, debate, active learning, and broad participation inclusive of minorities in STEM careers.…”

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Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape

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Alaska faces unique challenges in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, including limited accessibility to resources and learning opportunities, and a lack of place-based education resources. Museum education programs, traditionally focused on public outreach through docent-led tours, are playing an increasingly important role in both formal and informal aspects of STEM education to help address these challenges. The University of Alaska Museum (UAM) stands as a model in the Arctic region exemplifying how public natural history museum collections can be utilized to create active place-based learning experiences with the aim of increasing engagement in STEM literacy and building connections between museums and communities. These efforts take many forms, including the development of teaching materials involving physical objects and (or) online data from the open-access database ARCTOS, training preservice teachers, and implementing citizen science projects. Because many UAM specimens and objects are from Alaska, they are easily incorporated into place-based education, thereby demonstrating how the Arctic environment is unique at local and regional scales. Here, we showcase several programs that are either unique to UAM or part of larger national projects and include exemplar teaching modules in order to provide learning opportunities in the Arctic region and other rural settings.Key words : specimen-based science, STEM education, place-based education, citizen science, University of Alaska Museum.Résumé : L'Alaska est confronté à des défis exceptionnels en matière d'éducation en science, technologie, ingénierie et mathématiques (STIM), et parmi ces défis il y a l'accessibilité limitée aux ressources et aux possibilités d'apprentissage et un manque de ressources en éducation selon une approche locale. Les programmes éducatifs de musée, traditionnellement axés sur la sensibilisation du public au moyen de tours guidés, jouent un rôle de plus en plus important sur le plan tant formel qu'informel de l'enseignement de la STIM,

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Global assemblages, resilience, and Earth Stewardship in the Anthropocene

Abstract: Global assemblages and the Anthropocene L Ogden et al. 342www.frontiersinecology.org

Cited by 114 publications

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Constructing landscapes

Constructing landscapes

Public Political Ecology: a community of praxis for earth stewardship

Arctic science education using public museum collections from the University of Alaska Museum: an evolving and expanding landscape

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