Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand
An Ethnography of Coastal Protection
Working with nature – and not against it – is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of "soft" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering "in concert with natural processes". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making.
Auszeichnung
Bremer Studienpreis 2016 im Bereich Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Table of Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 9 - 12 -
Introduction and Outline
Seiten 13 - 20 -
Part I: Introducing Ethnography to Coastal Naturecultures
1. Working with Nature, Working with Water: A Globalized Imaginary
Seiten 23 - 36 -
2. Natureculture Imaginaries
Seiten 37 - 56 -
3. The Context of the Coast
Seiten 57 - 76 -
Part II: Beyond Hard Protection? The Waihi Beach Case
4. Historical Transect of a Coastal Protection Conflict
Seiten 81 - 124 -
5. Possible Futures
Seiten 125 - 162 -
Part III: Material Practices of Working with Nature, or: Making Coastal Naturecultures
6. Restoring and Maintaining Nature: An Introduction to Coast Care
Seiten 165 - 176 -
7. Working with Nature, Working with Communities
Seiten 177 - 204 -
8. "It's a Frontline of Defence" - Dune Restoration as Soft Protection
Seiten 205 - 242 -
9. Reconstructing Native Nature
Seiten 243 - 286 -
10. Understanding Nature, Making Waves: Multipurpose Reefs
Seiten 287 - 310 -
Conclusion: Working with Nature, Making Coastal Naturecultures
Seiten 311 - 318 -
Bibliography
Seiten 319 - 352 -
List of Interviews
Seiten 353 - 354 -
Table of Figures
Seiten 355 - 356
16. Juni 2016, 356 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3446-4
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