Chris Coggins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Coggins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Coggins |
| SIGNATURE | COGGINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bard College at Simon's Rock |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lines of Fate
This article explores the concept of resilience within the framework of fengshui forests in subtropical southern China over the last millennium. Consisting of small patches of old-growth or old secondary-growth forest associated with graves, temples, and the paths of wind and water into and out of villages, fengshui forests were historically seen as nodes that supplied vital qi(energy, force or substance) to the community, an understanding that p…
Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market
Sacred Forests of Asia: Spiritual Ecology and the Politics of Nature Conservation
Sacred Watersheds and the Fate of the Village Body Politic in Tibetan and Han Communities Under China's Ecological Civilization
The "spirit" in spiritual ecology is an active political force deserving sustained scholarly analysis and public recognition. This article reports on 15 years of field research on "animate landscapes," associated with gods and spirits in Tibetan communities, and "vital landscapes" associated with fengshui in Han Villages. Despite a century of dramatic sociopolitical change across rural areas in the People's Republic of China, many villages mainta…
Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China; and China and the Environment: The Green Revolution
Village Fengshui Forests of Southern China – Culture History and Conservation Status
The post-reform revival of fengshui and related indigenous spiritual practices in China has revitalized traditional village management of “ fengshui forests” (“ fengshuilin ”). This study examines the cosmological principles, landscape ecology, conservation status, and floristic diversity of forest patches that comprise important biological refugia in China’s subtropical broadleaved forest region. From 1949-1979, fengshui was prohibited by the st…
The Political Ecology of Geopiety: Nature Conservation in Tibetan Communities of Northwest Yunnan
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (DTAP) marks the southeastern limit of the Tibetan culture region and the abode of Kawakarpo, a principal holy mountain in Tibetan Buddhism. This and other sacred landforms reinforce indigenous territorial identity but are increasingly circumscribed by state and global nature conservation schemes. Transnational NGOs attract global donors and tourists by heralding sacred geography as “stewardship of nature,” bu…
The Political Ecology of Geopiety: Nature Conservation in Tibetan Communities of Northwest Yunnan
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (DTAP) marks the southeastern limit of the Tibetan culture region and the abode of Kawakarpo, a principal holy mountain in Tibetan Buddhism. This and other sacred landforms reinforce indigenous territorial identity but are increasingly circumscribed by state and global nature conservation schemes. Transnational NGOs attract global donors and tourists by heralding sacred geography as “stewardship of nature,” bu…
Sacred Watersheds and the Fate of the Village Body Politic in Tibetan and Han Communities Under China's Ecological Civilization
The "spirit" in spiritual ecology is an active political force deserving sustained scholarly analysis and public recognition. This article reports on 15 years of field research on "animate landscapes," associated with gods and spirits in Tibetan communities, and "vital landscapes" associated with fengshui in Han Villages. Despite a century of dramatic sociopolitical change across rural areas in the People's Republic of China, many villages mainta…
The Political Ecology of Geopiety: Nature Conservation in Tibetan Communities of Northwest Yunnan
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (DTAP) marks the southeastern limit of the Tibetan culture region and the abode of Kawakarpo, a principal holy mountain in Tibetan Buddhism. This and other sacred landforms reinforce indigenous territorial identity but are increasingly circumscribed by state and global nature conservation schemes. Transnational NGOs attract global donors and tourists by heralding sacred geography as “stewardship of nature,” bu…
Village Fengshui Forests of Southern China – Culture History and Conservation Status
The post-reform revival of fengshui and related indigenous spiritual practices in China has revitalized traditional village management of “ fengshui forests” (“ fengshuilin ”). This study examines the cosmological principles, landscape ecology, conservation status, and floristic diversity of forest patches that comprise important biological refugia in China’s subtropical broadleaved forest region. From 1949-1979, fengshui was prohibited by the st…
Environmental Winds: Making the Global in Southwest China; and China and the Environment: The Green Revolution
Sacred Watersheds and the Fate of the Village Body Politic in Tibetan and Han Communities Under China's Ecological Civilization
The "spirit" in spiritual ecology is an active political force deserving sustained scholarly analysis and public recognition. This article reports on 15 years of field research on "animate landscapes," associated with gods and spirits in Tibetan communities, and "vital landscapes" associated with fengshui in Han Villages. Despite a century of dramatic sociopolitical change across rural areas in the People's Republic of China, many villages mainta…
Sacred Forests of Asia: Spiritual Ecology and the Politics of Nature Conservation
Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market
Lines of Fate
This article explores the concept of resilience within the framework of fengshui forests in subtropical southern China over the last millennium. Consisting of small patches of old-growth or old secondary-growth forest associated with graves, temples, and the paths of wind and water into and out of villages, fengshui forests were historically seen as nodes that supplied vital qi(energy, force or substance) to the community, an understanding that p…
Geography (7 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · China (4 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works)