Umwelt trajectories

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4474012
AutoresMorten Tønnessen (0000-0001-8692-1289, University of Stavanger, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen2014
Número198
Fecha de publicación2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSemiotica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sem-2013-0106
OpenAlexW4235049615
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3

An Umwelt trajectory can be characterized as the course through evolutionary (or cultural) time taken by the Umwelt of a creature, as defined by its changing relations with the Umwelten of other creatures. The Umwelt trajectory of a creature is thus the historical path of its perceptual and behavioral dispositions considered from an ecological and phenomenological point of view. This notion represents an aggregate, collective (and evolutionary) equivalent to Uexküll's notion of the Umwelt-tunnel of a single individual creature. Some underlying conceptual and methodological developments are presented, including the notion of Umwelt transition, visual representations of phenomenal fields and a tripartite model of the human Umwelt. The notion of Umwelt trajectory is related to the notion of Umwelt alignment, which is asserted to be a chief regulatory mechanism in enacting subsequent phases of a trajectory, and to the notion of Umwelt assemblage. The semiotics of the ecological crisis is sketched out and related to the key notions of this paper. The very last section presents a prolegomenon to Umwelt futurology, the study of future Umwelt trajectories

Creatures · Epistemology · Geography · Humanities · Natural (archaeology) · Semiotics · Sociology · Umwelt · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy