The Global Mobilization of Environmental Concepts: Re-Thinking the Western/Non-Western Divide

Dove, Michael R.; Campos, Marina T.; Mathews, Andrew S.; Yoder, Laura J. Meitzner; Rademacher, Anne; Rhee, Suk Bae; Smith, Daniel S.

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0149-5_2

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“…Michael Dove et al (2003;see also Dove 1999), introduced a second caveat, by rethinking the Western/non-Westem divide, questioning the stereotypes of both the 'noble savage' and the 'noble Oriental', and providing perspective on shifting views on global power. The global mobilisation of environmental concepts indicates that environmental knowledge becomes reinterpreted, transformed, re-contextualised, and hybridised in the process of moving into culturally or geographically distant settings.…”

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Reciprocal Relationship of Culture and Environment in Asia

Nugteren

2010

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Peter Boomgaard, Southeast Asia: An Environmental History (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2007), 377 pp., $62.05 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-85109-419-6. Christopher V. Hill, South Asia: An Environmental History (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008), 329 pp., $84.99 (hbk), ISBN 978-1- 85109-925-2. These two volumes together present, in some 700 pages, a historically layered view of how the natural world in South and Southeast Asia has been transformed by human civilisation. But more than writing merely a history of the environment, the authors also examine the decisive impact environmental factors have had on world affairs and vice versa. This makes the two books, published in the Nature and Human Societies series (visit www.abc.clio.com for a complete list of their titles) recommended background reading for scholars who find themselves uneasy with the widespread assumption that so-called ‘non-Western’ or ‘Oriental’ civilisations are eco-friendly and environmentally conscious, or at least more so than the practitioners of Abrahamic religions. These two histories provide a corrective to these ideas.

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Reciprocal Relationship of Culture and Environment in Asia

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2010

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The Plastic Bag Habit and the Ocean Bali: From Banana Leaf Wrappings to Reusable Bags

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Schlüter

2023

MARE Publication Series

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The pollution of the oceans by plastic waste is a growing threat to marine life, ecosystems, livelihoods of coastal communities and the health of human beings in general. Indonesia is the world’s second largest source of marine plastic pollution. As an island state, plastic litter is regularly flushed into the sea. In this study we explore some behavioural and cultural reasons for the high consumption and pollution by plastic bags on Bali and locally adapted solutions. The data was collected from interviews and surveys with shop owners and customers, religious leaders, students, lecturers and activists during 3 years of research in the region. The analysis is structured in three parts: first, understanding the relevant concepts that inform Balinese perception of the natural environment; second, analysing the popularity and aversions among local Balinese in regard to plastic bags; third, investigating a local initiative working towards a ban of plastic bags. Based on these three parts we identified promising approaches that can effectively support local initiatives and awareness campaigns.

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Hybridising Justice: State-Customary Interactions over Forest Crime and Punishment in Oecusse, East Timor

Yoder¹

2007

The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

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The Global Mobilization of Environmental Concepts: Re-Thinking the Western/Non-Western Divide

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Reciprocal Relationship of Culture and Environment in Asia

Reciprocal Relationship of Culture and Environment in Asia

The Plastic Bag Habit and the Ocean Bali: From Banana Leaf Wrappings to Reusable Bags

Hybridising Justice: State-Customary Interactions over Forest Crime and Punishment in Oecusse, East Timor

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