Abstract:Throughout its history, discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with history of space and place. On one hand, ecology is a field science that has thrived on study of concrete spatia...Throughout its history, discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with history of space and place. On one hand, ecology is a field science that has thrived on study of concrete spatial entities, such as islands, forests or rivers. These spaces are workplaces in which ecological phenomena are identified, observed and experimented on. They provide both epistemic opportunities and constraints that structure agenda and analytical sensibilities of ecological researchers. On other hand, ecological knowledge and practices have become important resources through which spaces and places are classified, delineated, explained, experienced and managed. The impact of these activities reaches far beyond realms of ecological discipline. Many ecological concepts such as biotopes, ecosystems and the biosphere have become entities that widely resonate in public life and policy making. This book explores mutual entanglement between space and knowledge-making in history of ecology. Its first goal is to explore to which extent a spatial perspective can shed new light on history of ecological science. Second, it uses ecology as a critical site to gain broader insights into history of environment in nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Via a series of case studies – discussing topics that range from ecological field stations in early-twentieth century Caribbean over wisent breeding in Nazi Germany to computer modelling in North American deserts – book offers a tour through changing landscapes of modern ecology.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-06-26
Language: en
Type: book
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