Nature

A Conversation in Three Parts

Bibliographic Data

ID7634993
AuthorsBecky Mansfield (0000-0003-2120-462X), Martin Doyle, Martin W Doyle
Year2017
Volume107
Issue1
Pages22-27
Publication date2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2469-4452 • E-ISSN: 2469-4460
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/24694452.2016.1230418
OpenAlexW2545354245
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited26

This conversation considers the contemporary popularity across the academy and among the wider public of the idea that humans and nature are always interconnected, as reflected especially in the idea of the Anthropocene. On the one hand, the popularity of nondualist ideas and related practices suggests the widespread acceptance of concepts long at the core of geographical thought and, as such, these new phenomena seem to be something to be celebrated by geographers. On the other hand, these nondualist ideas and practices are also unleashing new forms of politics, particularly regarding efforts to engineer a range of new natures, including bodies, ecosystems, and the earth system writ large. Therefore, we propose that geography's longstanding and intradisciplinary attention to interconnections among humans and nature is as essential now as ever. We no longer have to convince others that humans and nature are interconnected, but rather than celebrate this, our task now is to investigate how nondualism works and with what effects

Anthropocene · Conversation · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Sociology · Task (project management · Writ · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Engineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Communication · Law

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