Knowing Nature, Knowing Science: An Ethnography of Environmental Activism
Editorial Reviews
Environment and Planning A, 1999, issue 31/1
[Berglund] presents an account of eco-activism that is couched firmly in the liberal democratic, pluralist, tradition. The author suitably integrates theory and fieldwork to explain the ways in which local people turn to science in an attempt to persuade the political system to listen to their dissenting environmental voices. The book thus becomes a useful study in the pitfalls of relying on 'expertise [coming] to the rescue' (page 92) and, in its conclusion, offers some helpful reflections on the role(s) and responsibilities of academics as experts and on their positionality in such anthropological accounts.
Book Description
Knowing Nature, Knowing Science focuses on three different groups of civil activists protesting against infrastructure installations, and on their understandings of science. The role of science is revealed as an ambivalent one for environmental activism. Eeva Berglund shows that it also poses problems for anthropology: in looking at environmental activism as a social commitment, meaningful commentary must combine both social and scientific perspectives.
Knowing Nature, Knowing Science: An Ethnography of Environmental Activism
Knowing Nature, Knowing Science: An Ethnography of Environmental Activism,Eeva K. Berglund,White Horse Press,1874267340,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Environmentalism,Ethnology,Germany,Nature,Nature/Ecology
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