Perspectives on Conservation Humanities
Broadly defined, conservation humanities is an emerging paradigm that exists within the larger multi- and inter-disciplinary field of environmental humanities which aims at using humanities-based methods—textual and discourse analysis, philosophical and historical inquiry, ethnographic fieldwork—to...
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| description | Broadly defined, conservation humanities is an emerging paradigm that exists within the larger multi- and inter-disciplinary field of environmental humanities which aims at using humanities-based methods—textual and discourse analysis, philosophical and historical inquiry, ethnographic fieldwork—to shed light on contemporary conservation issues and problems, paramount among them being today’s alarmingly intensifying levels of biodiversity loss. Defining conservation humanities as a paradigm rather than a field is not just a reflection on the fact that its academic status has yet to be fully established. It also suggests that its main value, at least at this preliminary stage, lies in conceptualizing conservation problems rather than in seeking the kinds of direct evidence that might help to solve them, and indeed it shares environmental humanities’ general suspicion towards top-down, solution-driven approaches that fail to take account of local ecological knowledge or confront conspicuously unequal distributions of wealth. However, the task of conservation humanities is not limited to exploring ongoing conservation issues from a wide range of cross-disciplinary humanities perspectives; it is also to ask questions about the changing meanings and functions of conservation and the humanities themselves. This Special Issue, the first dedicated to its subject, asks what role the humanities can play in addressing historical conservation issues, and what humanities scholars can contribute to contemporary conservation debates. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1705782026-01-02T16:12:37Z Perspectives on Conservation Humanities Huggan, Graham conservation humanities green imperialism neoliberal capitalism sustainable development Congo Basin postcolonial ecocriticism conservation biodiversity extinction multispecies studies philosophical ethology environmental humanities ethics loss Plumwood fire regeneration natureculture entanglements minimum interference cultural burning conservation legislation Canada USA jurisdictional rarity science and technology studies multispecies justice conservation biology endangered species biodiversity narrative jellyfish alien species history of marine resources ocean history Anthropocene ocean Periphylla periphylla jellyfish bloom soundscapes ecoacoustics wilderness protected areas n/a Broadly defined, conservation humanities is an emerging paradigm that exists within the larger multi- and inter-disciplinary field of environmental humanities which aims at using humanities-based methods—textual and discourse analysis, philosophical and historical inquiry, ethnographic fieldwork—to shed light on contemporary conservation issues and problems, paramount among them being today’s alarmingly intensifying levels of biodiversity loss. Defining conservation humanities as a paradigm rather than a field is not just a reflection on the fact that its academic status has yet to be fully established. It also suggests that its main value, at least at this preliminary stage, lies in conceptualizing conservation problems rather than in seeking the kinds of direct evidence that might help to solve them, and indeed it shares environmental humanities’ general suspicion towards top-down, solution-driven approaches that fail to take account of local ecological knowledge or confront conspicuously unequal distributions of wealth. However, the task of conservation humanities is not limited to exploring ongoing conservation issues from a wide range of cross-disciplinary humanities perspectives; it is also to ask questions about the changing meanings and functions of conservation and the humanities themselves. This Special Issue, the first dedicated to its subject, asks what role the humanities can play in addressing historical conservation issues, and what humanities scholars can contribute to contemporary conservation debates. 2026-01-02T16:12:34Z 2026-01-02T16:12:34Z 2025 book 978-3-7258-4653-5 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170578 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11302 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4654-2 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4654-2 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 978-3-7258-4653-5 150 CH open access |
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| title | Perspectives on Conservation Humanities |
| title_full | Perspectives on Conservation Humanities |
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| title_short | Perspectives on Conservation Humanities |
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| topic | conservation humanities green imperialism neoliberal capitalism sustainable development Congo Basin postcolonial ecocriticism conservation biodiversity extinction multispecies studies philosophical ethology environmental humanities ethics loss Plumwood fire regeneration natureculture entanglements minimum interference cultural burning conservation legislation Canada USA jurisdictional rarity science and technology studies multispecies justice conservation biology endangered species biodiversity narrative jellyfish alien species history of marine resources ocean history Anthropocene ocean Periphylla periphylla jellyfish bloom soundscapes ecoacoustics wilderness protected areas n/a |
| topic_facet | conservation humanities green imperialism neoliberal capitalism sustainable development Congo Basin postcolonial ecocriticism conservation biodiversity extinction multispecies studies philosophical ethology environmental humanities ethics loss Plumwood fire regeneration natureculture entanglements minimum interference cultural burning conservation legislation Canada USA jurisdictional rarity science and technology studies multispecies justice conservation biology endangered species biodiversity narrative jellyfish alien species history of marine resources ocean history Anthropocene ocean Periphylla periphylla jellyfish bloom soundscapes ecoacoustics wilderness protected areas n/a |
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