The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution

Jervis, Jane L.; Merchant, Carolyn

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“…These principles are rooted in a vision of scientific knowledge as relatively unproblematic. This optimistic outlook overlooks a large critical literature in the history, sociology, and philosophy of science that shed light on the contribution of science and engineering in the historical process that led us to the CEE (Merchant, 1980). It also ignores the indigenous voices who criticized western science as an instrument for colonialism and imperialism (Ake, 1982;Smith, 2021).…”

Section: New Ethical Norms For Scientists In the Ceementioning

confidence: 99%

“…From the pioneering work of Joseph Fourier (1786-1830), Eunice Newton Foote (1819-1888), John Tyndall (1820-1893), and Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)-who identified and quantified the "greenhouse" effect of carbon dioxide-to the latest IPCC report, scientists have been and continue to be at the forefront of those raising the alarm on the CEE. Yet at the same time, science played a significant role in the constitution of the worldview, knowledge, and technologies, that led to an over-exploitation of the Earth and non-western populations (Merchant, 1980). If science is not one, which science should we listen to?…”

Section: New Ethical Norms For Scientists In the Ceementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since Francis Bacon, science is understood as one of the main drivers of this idea of progress. The knowledge of the laws of nature allows humans to tame, control, subjugate, and engineer nature (Merchant, 1980). In this view, "scientific and technical expertise will benefit humankind by rendering the non-human world less threatening, more predictable, and more profitable" (Yao, 2022, p. 7).…”

Section: Progress As Domination Of Naturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The mechanistic worldview removed the ethical and intellectual obstacles to the ruthless exploitation of the Earth (Merchant, 1980). Indeed, the metaphor of nature as an automat leads to a conception of our planetary habitat as an inert resource, composed of dead matter, available for valorization by humans and amenable to engineering.…”

Section: A Mechanistic Worldviewmentioning

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Listen to the science! Which science? Regenerative research for times of planetary crises

Raffoul¹

2023

Front. Sustain.

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In situations where scientists disagree, which science should decision-makers listen to? This article argues that we should listen to “regenerative research”, that is, research (1) whose objective is to regenerate our relationship to the land and to each other (rather than dominating nature), (2) whose worldview acknowledges the interconnection between humans and non-humans (rather than assuming a separation between humanity and nature), and (3) whose processes are democratized (instead of including but a narrow circle of researchers). We should listen to regenerative science not because it is suited to the interests of politicians or activists, but because it is most likely to be beneficent, rigorous, and objective. In addition to granting scientists new responsibilities, such as engaging in public action, the climate and ecological crises therefore also require us to critically reflect on the core of our work: the knowledge we generate.

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Section: New Ethical Norms For Scientists In the Ceementioning

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Listen to the science! Which science? Regenerative research for times of planetary crises

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2023

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“…The return of popular desires for interplanetary exploration has brought a resurgence of paternalistic and colonizing tropes critiqued decades ago by feminist scholars. For example, Carolyn Merchant (1980Merchant ( , 1995Merchant ( , 2006 and Donna Haraway (1989) demonstrated the specific patriarchal and power-laden features of frontier desires and the gendered and racialized assumptions within scientific writings about discovering nature's secrets on and beyond earth. According to Haraway (1989, 136-137):…”

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Nonscalability and generating digital outer space natures inNo Man’s Sky

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Nelson

2021

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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This article examines the generation of digital outer space natures in the space exploration game, No Man’s Sky. Using procedural generation, No Man’s Sky offers nearly infinite planets, flora, and fauna on the fly. With the rapid development of gaming technology and tools, game developers and others are attempting to diversify the representation of various forms of nature in gaming content and to expand the use of games in behavioral change, education, conservation, and other fields. Many scholars argue that games offer promising ways for various publics to understand their place and their interconnectedness with microbes, ecosystems, planet Earth, and beyond. We examine how No Man’s Sky struggled to coproduce digital outer space natures at the two scalar extremes of the vast expanse of outer space and of the embodied player relating within complex biomes. Our results from an in-depth, qualitative analysis of the initial version of the game, of player world-building experiences in No Man’s Sky, and of subsequent developer modifications to the game demonstrate that nonscalability theory is useful for studying what digital outer space natures do in games. We also argue that nonscalability theory would benefit from a more robust engagement with the digital. No Man’s Sky was initially scalable to such an extreme that it made players into objects without an origin story, broader purpose or way to build meaningful relations in the game. For a brief period, this game undermined players’ interplanetary colonial imaginaries. Subsequent updates to the game introduced a limited scope of nonscalability, but only to the extent of satisfying gamers’ desires to become more impactful agents of exploration. We see great potential for analyzing the role of innovations in computing and game design in linking multiscalar digital, outer, and earth spaces, which as other scholars have shown, bear significantly on our understanding of multiple worlds and natures.

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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution

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Listen to the science! Which science? Regenerative research for times of planetary crises

Listen to the science! Which science? Regenerative research for times of planetary crises

Nonscalability and generating digital outer space natures inNo Man’s Sky

Baboon Livers and the Human Good

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