Opening Windows Embracing New Perspectives and Practices in Natural Resource Social Sciences
Synopsis
The third decennial review from the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, Opening Windowssimultaneously examines the breadth and societal relevance of Society and Natural Resources (SNR) knowledge, explores emergent issues and new directions in SNR scholarship, and captures the increasing diversity of SNR research. Authors from various backgrounds—career stage, gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, and global region—provide a fresh, nuanced, and critical look at the field from both researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives.This reflexive book is organized around four key themes: diversity and justice, governance and power, engagement and elicitation, and relationships and place. This is not a complacent volume—chapters point to gaps in conventional scholarship and to how much work remains to be done. Power is a central focus, including the role of cultural and economic power in “participatory” approaches to natural resource management and the biases encoded into the very concepts that guide scholarly and practical work. The chapters include robust literature syntheses, conceptual models, and case studies that provide examples of best practices and recommend research directions to improve and transform natural resource social sciences. An unmistakable spirit of hope is exemplified by findings suggesting positive roles for research in the progress ahead.
Bringing fresh perspectives on the assumptions and interests that underlie and entangle scholarship on natural resource decisionmaking and the justness of its outcomes, Opening Windows is significant for scholars, students, natural resource practitioners, managers and decision makers, and policy makers.
Book details
- Series:
- Society and Natural Resources Book Series
- Author:
- Douglas Jackson-Smith, Jaye Mejía-Duwan, Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Angie Carter, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, John Schelhas, Jasmine K. Brown, Michael Dockry, Sarah Hitchner, Sarah Naiman, Grace Wang, Evan J. Andrews, Christine Knott, Solange Nadeau, Courtenay Parlee, Archi Rastogi, Rachel Kelly, Maria Andrée Lópex Gómez, Madu Galappaththi, Ana Carolina Esteves Dias, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Richard Dimba Kiaka, Paul Hebinck, Rodgers Lubilo, Prativa Sapkota, Rebecca M. Ford, Maddison Miller, Andrea Rawluk, Kathryn J. H. Williams, John R. Parkins, Christopher Jadallah, Eliza Oldach, Abraham Miller-Rushing, Caitlin Hafferty, Ian Babelon, Robert Berry, Beth Brockett, James Hoggett, Bryanne Lamoureux, Melanie Zurba, Yan Chen, Durdana Islam, Kate Sherren, Robert Emmet Jones, Tobin N. Walton, Simon West, Wiebren Johannes Boonstra, Sasha Quahe, Jessica Cockburn, Nosiseko Mtati, Vanessa Masterson, Gladman Thondhlana, Anna Haines, Brett Alan Miller, Polly Nguyen, William Stewart, Daniel R. Williams
- ISBN:
- 9781646426294
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781646426287
- Publisher:
- Utah State University Press
- Pages:
- 358
- Reading age:
- 18+
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2024-05-14
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Copyright by:
- University Press of Colorado
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Sociology