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Mark C. J. Stoddart and Paula Graham
of the tourism industry, which signals a shift toward “attractive development” ( Luke 2002 ), relies heavily on images of natural environments and emphasizes activities like viewing whales or icebergs. Attractive development re-imagines rural
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2016
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- 22–43 (22 total)
Crafting Future Selves
Time-Tricking and the Limits of Temporal Play in Children’s Online Film-Making
Espen Helgesen
games, creating and sharing videos, and hanging out with friends and strangers. In Norway, where more than 95 per cent of the population can access the internet from home ( Vaage 2014: 80 ), many children participate in online environments from an
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Amani C. Morrison
In 1970, Nathan Hare termed the ongoing relationship Black people in the United States have with the environment and their investments in the maintenance thereof as Black ecology. He highlighted the focus on white recreational space present in the
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2022
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What Does It Mean to Be an Ecological Filmmaker?
Knut Erik Jensen’s Work as Eco-Auteur
Mette Hjort
environment and further makes reference to the extent to which filmmakers’ ecological goals are actually realized. The focus is thus on practitioner’s agency, on the self-understandings, aspirations, and decision making that inform practice. In everyday
Methodology Matters in Iran
Researching Social Movements in Authoritarian Contexts
Paola Rivetti
researchers’ awareness of their own positionality in the field but may also reveal aspects of the topic researched that would otherwise remain concealed to ‘external’ eyes. This is particularly relevant when it comes to challenging environments such as Iran
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Jun 2017
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- 71–82 (12 total)
Environmental Configurations
When the River Zayandeh Rud Stopped Crossing Isfahan
Sahar Faeghi and Sophie Roche
The natural environment has been at the centre of discussions in various disciplines. Whereas the natural environment in popular understanding is external to the individual, something one can act upon, the focus in social anthropology has been on
In Anthropology of the Middle East
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- 01 Dec 2019
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- 29–41 (13 total)
Hubert Wierciński
2011 ; Włodarczyk 2001 ). Others have explored the notion of standardisation, establishing relations of power and ways of acting within the biomedical environment ( Bludau 2014 ; Laviolette 2009 ). Yet doctors, as Eliane Riska and Aurelija
In Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
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- 01 Mar 2021
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- 74–95 (22 total)
Introduction
Pollution and Toxicity: Cultivating Ecological Practices for Troubled Times
Josh Fisher, Mary Mostafanezhad, Alex Nading, and Sarah Marie Wiebe
necessarily prompts efforts to “organize” the environment. Anthropologists, geographers, and other social scientists have since pushed the conversation forward by inquiring into the materiality of pollution, the toxicity that manifests in situated encounters
In Environment and Society
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- 01 Sep 2021
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Na Li
environmental history in 2010 and 2013. The discussions covered a range of issues, including historical interpretation ( Hou 2013 ), population and land use, water resource management, social and economic impacts on the environment ( Zou 2010 ), environmental
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Dec 2021
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