James D Proctor
Biographic Data
| ID | 989065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James D Proctor |
| GIVEN NAMES | James D |
| FAMILY NAME | Proctor |
| SIGNATURE | PROCTOR J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lewis & Clark College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9967-7542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 294 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Ambivalence and difference: Counting between one and two in ESS
EcoTypes: Exploring environmental ideas, discovering deep difference
Introduction: The value of environmental disagreement
Companion to Environmental Studies
Environmental engagement in troubled times: A manifesto
Replacing nature in environmental studies and sciences
Theory in, theory out: NCSE and the ESS curriculum
Introduction: Unsettling the ESS curriculum
Nature, Science, and Religion: Intersections Shaping Society and the Environment
Nature, Science, and Religion: Intersections Shaping Society and the Environment Catherine M. Tucker (Editor) School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2012 304 pp. $34.95 Paper Reviewed by James D. ProctorAny title that includes the terms nature, science, reli- gion, society, and environment runs the risk of wan- dering dangerously into Theory of Everything (ToE) territory. By emphasizing ethnography over philosophy, and focusing on nine…
Saving nature in the Anthropocene
A manifesto for theory in environmental studies and sciences
Environmental connections and concept mapping: Implementing a new learning technology at Lewis & Clark College
Intervention: Critical physical geography
A recent opinion piece rekindled debate as to whether geography's current interdisciplinary make-up is a historical relic or an actual and potential source of intellectual vitality. Taking the latter position, we argue here for the benefits of sustained integration of physical and critical human geography. For reasons both political and pragmatic, we term this area of intermingled research and practice critical physical geography (CPG). CPG combi…
Ecotopian Exceptionalism
Literature on the U.S. Paci?c Northwest generally paints the region in exceptionalist stripes, certainly in the deep connection its people maintain with an abundant natural landscape. Is Ecotopia exceptional? We interrogate the empirical basis for this claim, applying results from a mixed-method study of intentional and other communities in Oregon, and a comparative survey situating the Paci?c Northwest amidst other regions of the United States. …
New visions of nature: Complexity and Authenticity
"Contemporary visions of nature have been deeply affected by the ongoing interaction and interpenetration of science, nature, and society. These new visions appear to be more complex than older visions of nature and at the same time they seem to challenge our notions of authenticity. "New Visions of Nature" focuses on the emergence of these new visions of complex nature in three domains. The first selection of essays reflects public visions of na…
Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States
Far from being a universal feature of culture, the concept of religion has distinctly western origins. What, then, is religion, and how shall it be empirically studied? I suggest, as one of many possible alternatives, an etymologically-based approach to religion, understood as trust in sources of epistemic and moral authority. Four authorities are considered, including institutional religion, science, nature, and the state. I present results of a…
Introduction: Theorizing and Studying Religion
Though religion appears to play a prominent role in the contemporary political and cultural landscape of the United States and elsewhere, relatively few geographers are contributing toward a better appreciation of this phenomenon. A 2001 review of the field countered earlier charges of incoherence by noting particular strengths in geographic research on religion, and more recent publications by geographers have appeared, but the overall picture h…
Science, Religion, and the Human Experience
Science and religion are two major forces shaping our world: how do they relate to each other? Some people think of science and religion as separate domains, of reason versus faith, facts versus values, or an emphasis on the material versus the spiritual world. Others think of science and religion as overlapping domains, marked either by warfare arising from conflicting claims, or harmony arising from similar claims. Whether separate or overlappi…
Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a Moral Terrain
The meaning of global environmental change
Geography, paradox and environmental ethics
As a diverse and divided discipline, geography embodies tensions central to the para doxical nature of human dwelling on earth, from which questions of environmental ethics arise. The article reviews major ontological and epistemological tensions within geography – that between nature and culture, and objectivism and subjectivism – emphasizing the ways in which common resolutions to these tensions often represent flawed strategies of avoiding par…
The Social Construction of Nature: Relativist Accusations, Pragmatist and Critical Realist Responses
Social constructivists argue that what we call "nature" isfar less universal and extrahuman than generally assumed. Yet this argument has been vigorously attacked by some natural scientists and other scholars due to what they perceive as its dangerous flirtation with relativism. I introduce this debate by reference to a recent controversy over the concept of wilderness, an important icon of nature in North America. I then define several forms of …
Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics
(1998). Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics. Annals of the Association of American Geographers: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 290-296
Ethics in geography: Giving moral form to the geographical imagination
Geographers have become increasingly interested in questions of ethics. In this paper, I introduce the scope and major concerns of ethics, briefly reviewing recent literature as a means of situating geography's potential contribution. I then link ethics to the geographical imagination by developing a twofold schema representing geography's ontological project and epistemological process, an approach that unites existing professional and substanti…
Earth's Insights: A Geographer's Perspective on its Rationale and Method
J. Baird Callicott's argument in Earth's Insights that a global conservation ethic resonant with Leopold and postmodern science is emerging emanates from a particular point of departure and method of justification. I provide a perspective on Callicot's rationale and method as a way of critically examining this argument's underlying basis, and in the spirit of fostering greater interaction between geographers and others with an intellectual intere…
Intervention: Critical physical geography
A recent opinion piece rekindled debate as to whether geography's current interdisciplinary make-up is a historical relic or an actual and potential source of intellectual vitality. Taking the latter position, we argue here for the benefits of sustained integration of physical and critical human geography. For reasons both political and pragmatic, we term this area of intermingled research and practice critical physical geography (CPG). CPG combi…
The Social Construction of Nature: Relativist Accusations, Pragmatist and Critical Realist Responses
Social constructivists argue that what we call "nature" isfar less universal and extrahuman than generally assumed. Yet this argument has been vigorously attacked by some natural scientists and other scholars due to what they perceive as its dangerous flirtation with relativism. I introduce this debate by reference to a recent controversy over the concept of wilderness, an important icon of nature in North America. I then define several forms of …
Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as ‘Tool’ versus ‘Science’
Is GIS a tool or a science? The question is clearly important in the day-to-day operations of geography departments. Departments need to know if GIS is a tool that should be taught at the undergraduate level, or a science and thus a legitimate research specialty of faculty and graduate students. We summarize the debate on this question that was conducted on GIS-L electronic listserver in late 1993. In evaluating this discussion it became clear th…
Ethics in geography: Giving moral form to the geographical imagination
Geographers have become increasingly interested in questions of ethics. In this paper, I introduce the scope and major concerns of ethics, briefly reviewing recent literature as a means of situating geography's potential contribution. I then link ethics to the geographical imagination by developing a twofold schema representing geography's ontological project and epistemological process, an approach that unites existing professional and substanti…
Introduction: Theorizing and Studying Religion
Though religion appears to play a prominent role in the contemporary political and cultural landscape of the United States and elsewhere, relatively few geographers are contributing toward a better appreciation of this phenomenon. A 2001 review of the field countered earlier charges of incoherence by noting particular strengths in geographic research on religion, and more recent publications by geographers have appeared, but the overall picture h…
Nature and the Reproduction of Endangered Space: The Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California
Recent efforts to protect biodiversity in the United States often reproduce the literal and figurative divisions of space that have originally endangered target species. Nature as redefined by these efforts is as much a social construction as it is some biophysical entity under siege by humans, We focus on the categorical and spatial distinctions between landscapes prioritized for protection and landscapes given less priority or ignored altogethe…
Geography, paradox and environmental ethics
As a diverse and divided discipline, geography embodies tensions central to the para doxical nature of human dwelling on earth, from which questions of environmental ethics arise. The article reviews major ontological and epistemological tensions within geography – that between nature and culture, and objectivism and subjectivism – emphasizing the ways in which common resolutions to these tensions often represent flawed strategies of avoiding par…
Saving nature in the Anthropocene
Replacing nature in environmental studies and sciences
Theory in, theory out: NCSE and the ESS curriculum
The meaning of global environmental change
Introduction: Unsettling the ESS curriculum
Environmental connections and concept mapping: Implementing a new learning technology at Lewis & Clark College
Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States
Far from being a universal feature of culture, the concept of religion has distinctly western origins. What, then, is religion, and how shall it be empirically studied? I suggest, as one of many possible alternatives, an etymologically-based approach to religion, understood as trust in sources of epistemic and moral authority. Four authorities are considered, including institutional religion, science, nature, and the state. I present results of a…
Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics
(1998). Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics. Annals of the Association of American Geographers: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 290-296
A manifesto for theory in environmental studies and sciences
Evaluating the effectiveness of multimedia computer modules as enrichment exercises for introductory human geography
Quantitative proof that multimedia enrichment activities are a positive benefit to lower‐division undergraduate geography is an alluring though elusive goal. The results are presented of a careful experimental evaluation of two multimedia computer modules used as enrichment devices for an introductory human geography course at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The objectives were to determine their overall effectiveness, as well as the…
EcoTypes: Exploring environmental ideas, discovering deep difference
Introduction: The value of environmental disagreement
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography. Michael Williams
Americans and Their Forests: A Historical Geography. Michael Williams
Nature and the Reproduction of Endangered Space: The Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California
Recent efforts to protect biodiversity in the United States often reproduce the literal and figurative divisions of space that have originally endangered target species. Nature as redefined by these efforts is as much a social construction as it is some biophysical entity under siege by humans, We focus on the categorical and spatial distinctions between landscapes prioritized for protection and landscapes given less priority or ignored altogethe…
Earth's Insights: A Geographer's Perspective on its Rationale and Method
J. Baird Callicott's argument in Earth's Insights that a global conservation ethic resonant with Leopold and postmodern science is emerging emanates from a particular point of departure and method of justification. I provide a perspective on Callicot's rationale and method as a way of critically examining this argument's underlying basis, and in the spirit of fostering greater interaction between geographers and others with an intellectual intere…
Earth's Insights: A Geographer's Perspective on its Rationale and Method
J. Baird Callicott's argument in Earth's Insights that a global conservation ethic resonant with Leopold and postmodern science is emerging emanates from a particular point of departure and method of justification. I provide a perspective on Callicot's rationale and method as a way of critically examining this argument's underlying basis, and in the spirit of fostering greater interaction between geographers and others with an intellectual intere…
Evaluating the effectiveness of multimedia computer modules as enrichment exercises for introductory human geography
Quantitative proof that multimedia enrichment activities are a positive benefit to lower‐division undergraduate geography is an alluring though elusive goal. The results are presented of a careful experimental evaluation of two multimedia computer modules used as enrichment devices for an introductory human geography course at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The objectives were to determine their overall effectiveness, as well as the…
Demystifying the Persistent Ambiguity of GIS as ‘Tool’ versus ‘Science’
Is GIS a tool or a science? The question is clearly important in the day-to-day operations of geography departments. Departments need to know if GIS is a tool that should be taught at the undergraduate level, or a science and thus a legitimate research specialty of faculty and graduate students. We summarize the debate on this question that was conducted on GIS-L electronic listserver in late 1993. In evaluating this discussion it became clear th…
The meaning of global environmental change
Geography, paradox and environmental ethics
As a diverse and divided discipline, geography embodies tensions central to the para doxical nature of human dwelling on earth, from which questions of environmental ethics arise. The article reviews major ontological and epistemological tensions within geography – that between nature and culture, and objectivism and subjectivism – emphasizing the ways in which common resolutions to these tensions often represent flawed strategies of avoiding par…
The Social Construction of Nature: Relativist Accusations, Pragmatist and Critical Realist Responses
Social constructivists argue that what we call "nature" isfar less universal and extrahuman than generally assumed. Yet this argument has been vigorously attacked by some natural scientists and other scholars due to what they perceive as its dangerous flirtation with relativism. I introduce this debate by reference to a recent controversy over the concept of wilderness, an important icon of nature in North America. I then define several forms of …
Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics
(1998). Expanding the Scope of Science and Ethics. Annals of the Association of American Geographers: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 290-296
Ethics in geography: Giving moral form to the geographical imagination
Geographers have become increasingly interested in questions of ethics. In this paper, I introduce the scope and major concerns of ethics, briefly reviewing recent literature as a means of situating geography's potential contribution. I then link ethics to the geographical imagination by developing a twofold schema representing geography's ontological project and epistemological process, an approach that unites existing professional and substanti…
Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a Moral Terrain
Science, Religion, and the Human Experience
Science and religion are two major forces shaping our world: how do they relate to each other? Some people think of science and religion as separate domains, of reason versus faith, facts versus values, or an emphasis on the material versus the spiritual world. Others think of science and religion as overlapping domains, marked either by warfare arising from conflicting claims, or harmony arising from similar claims. Whether separate or overlappi…
Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States
Far from being a universal feature of culture, the concept of religion has distinctly western origins. What, then, is religion, and how shall it be empirically studied? I suggest, as one of many possible alternatives, an etymologically-based approach to religion, understood as trust in sources of epistemic and moral authority. Four authorities are considered, including institutional religion, science, nature, and the state. I present results of a…
Introduction: Theorizing and Studying Religion
Though religion appears to play a prominent role in the contemporary political and cultural landscape of the United States and elsewhere, relatively few geographers are contributing toward a better appreciation of this phenomenon. A 2001 review of the field countered earlier charges of incoherence by noting particular strengths in geographic research on religion, and more recent publications by geographers have appeared, but the overall picture h…
New visions of nature: Complexity and Authenticity
"Contemporary visions of nature have been deeply affected by the ongoing interaction and interpenetration of science, nature, and society. These new visions appear to be more complex than older visions of nature and at the same time they seem to challenge our notions of authenticity. "New Visions of Nature" focuses on the emergence of these new visions of complex nature in three domains. The first selection of essays reflects public visions of na…
Ecotopian Exceptionalism
Literature on the U.S. Paci?c Northwest generally paints the region in exceptionalist stripes, certainly in the deep connection its people maintain with an abundant natural landscape. Is Ecotopia exceptional? We interrogate the empirical basis for this claim, applying results from a mixed-method study of intentional and other communities in Oregon, and a comparative survey situating the Paci?c Northwest amidst other regions of the United States. …
Saving nature in the Anthropocene
A manifesto for theory in environmental studies and sciences
Environmental connections and concept mapping: Implementing a new learning technology at Lewis & Clark College
Intervention: Critical physical geography
A recent opinion piece rekindled debate as to whether geography's current interdisciplinary make-up is a historical relic or an actual and potential source of intellectual vitality. Taking the latter position, we argue here for the benefits of sustained integration of physical and critical human geography. For reasons both political and pragmatic, we term this area of intermingled research and practice critical physical geography (CPG). CPG combi…
Nature, Science, and Religion: Intersections Shaping Society and the Environment
Nature, Science, and Religion: Intersections Shaping Society and the Environment Catherine M. Tucker (Editor) School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe, NM, 2012 304 pp. $34.95 Paper Reviewed by James D. ProctorAny title that includes the terms nature, science, reli- gion, society, and environment runs the risk of wan- dering dangerously into Theory of Everything (ToE) territory. By emphasizing ethnography over philosophy, and focusing on nine…
Replacing nature in environmental studies and sciences
Theory in, theory out: NCSE and the ESS curriculum
Introduction: Unsettling the ESS curriculum
Sociology (24 works) · Epistemology (16 works) · Environmental ethics (15 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Geography (8 works)