Laurent Cilia
Biographic Data
| ID | 1668282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurent Cilia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurent |
| FAMILY NAME | Cilia |
| SIGNATURE | CILIA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sociology department Colorado University 770 UCB 327 Ketchum 195 Boulder CO 80309 USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2916-5488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
We don't know much about Bees!' Techno-Optimism, Techno-Scepticism, and Denial in the American large-scale Beekeeping Industry
This article examines how U.S large-scale beekeepers explain and resolve the plight of the honey bee. Using in-depth interviews with beekeepers and scientists, field notes, and qualitative online data, I find that while beekeepers invest in and hope for technoscientific developments, they are also sceptical of the promises of technoscience. I describe this paradox as a form of denial. As both agents and victims (with their bees) of industrial agr…
The Plight of the Honeybee
This article offers a socioecological analysis of the plight of the honeybee. Departing from natural sciences explanations of the chronic health issues observed in managed honeybees the proposed socioecological analysis focuses on some of the social dimensions of the problems. Specifically, the article first looks at how the cultural disdain for insects is combined with toxic agricultural practices to make bees' lives challenging. Then it focuses…
Teaching and learning guide for More‐than‐human families
More‐than‐human families
Although humans have coexisted with dogs and cats for thousands of years, that coexistence has taken on various meanings over time. Only recently have people openly included their pets as members of the family. Yet, because of the cultural ambivalence toward animals, what it means for a pet to “be” a family member remains unsettled. Drawing from research on family practices including kinship, household routines, childhood socialization, and domes…
More‐than‐human families
Although humans have coexisted with dogs and cats for thousands of years, that coexistence has taken on various meanings over time. Only recently have people openly included their pets as members of the family. Yet, because of the cultural ambivalence toward animals, what it means for a pet to “be” a family member remains unsettled. Drawing from research on family practices including kinship, household routines, childhood socialization, and domes…
The Plight of the Honeybee
This article offers a socioecological analysis of the plight of the honeybee. Departing from natural sciences explanations of the chronic health issues observed in managed honeybees the proposed socioecological analysis focuses on some of the social dimensions of the problems. Specifically, the article first looks at how the cultural disdain for insects is combined with toxic agricultural practices to make bees' lives challenging. Then it focuses…
We don't know much about Bees!' Techno-Optimism, Techno-Scepticism, and Denial in the American large-scale Beekeeping Industry
This article examines how U.S large-scale beekeepers explain and resolve the plight of the honey bee. Using in-depth interviews with beekeepers and scientists, field notes, and qualitative online data, I find that while beekeepers invest in and hope for technoscientific developments, they are also sceptical of the promises of technoscience. I describe this paradox as a form of denial. As both agents and victims (with their bees) of industrial agr…
Teaching and learning guide for More‐than‐human families
More‐than‐human families
Although humans have coexisted with dogs and cats for thousands of years, that coexistence has taken on various meanings over time. Only recently have people openly included their pets as members of the family. Yet, because of the cultural ambivalence toward animals, what it means for a pet to “be” a family member remains unsettled. Drawing from research on family practices including kinship, household routines, childhood socialization, and domes…
The Plight of the Honeybee
This article offers a socioecological analysis of the plight of the honeybee. Departing from natural sciences explanations of the chronic health issues observed in managed honeybees the proposed socioecological analysis focuses on some of the social dimensions of the problems. Specifically, the article first looks at how the cultural disdain for insects is combined with toxic agricultural practices to make bees' lives challenging. Then it focuses…
We don't know much about Bees!' Techno-Optimism, Techno-Scepticism, and Denial in the American large-scale Beekeeping Industry
This article examines how U.S large-scale beekeepers explain and resolve the plight of the honey bee. Using in-depth interviews with beekeepers and scientists, field notes, and qualitative online data, I find that while beekeepers invest in and hope for technoscientific developments, they are also sceptical of the promises of technoscience. I describe this paradox as a form of denial. As both agents and victims (with their bees) of industrial agr…
Sociology (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (2 works) · Insect and Pesticide Research (2 works) · Plant and animal studies (2 works)