Autoethnography (Military, Environment) as Transdisciplinarization in Anthropocene Times

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ID2409029
AuthorsHermes De Andrade Júnior (0000-0002-3667-1354, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue6
Pages575-587
Publication date2020-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532708620912803
OpenAlexW3017547304
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The problem of (in) sustainability associated with the idea that the environment is reaching its limit, presented itself as the crisis of our time and as the challenge of the Anthropocene. Seeking to deepen the discussion on military thinking about the environment, this essayistic autoethnography is designed in three parts: (a) the autoethnography; (b) presentation of some experiences called episodes, as they are the circumstances of the researcher; and (c) considerations about a transdisciplinary process in the military milieu toward an environmental epistemology. Military personnel need environmental education as epistemological support in the absence of deep ecological awareness. Even with the environmental training of using nature as a resource, military personnel may have professional skills adapted to environmental competence for crisis prevention and aggravation (transdisciplinary). However, anthropocentric military thinking is a cultural barrier. Further study of a military epistemology must be undertaken to achieve a possibly balanced and mitigated position

Anthropocene · Anthropocentrism · Autoethnography · Competence (human resources · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Engineering · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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