This edited volume explores how digital technologies and human–nature relationships are increasingly entangled, reshaping what it means to connect with nature in the twenty-first century. Introducing postdigital nature connection as a conceptual and empirical field, it challenges binaries between the digital and the natural, positioning nature relations within a hybrid, hypermediated sociotechnical landscape. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, contributions examine themes such as hybridity, AI–nature relations, datafication, and decolonial approaches, offering new tools and insights for researchers, educators, and policymakers navigating the cultural, political, and technological forces shaping ecological futures.
This edited volume explores how digital technologies and human–nature relationships are increasingly entangled, reshaping what it means to connect with nature in the twenty-first century. Introducing postdigital nature connection as a conceptual and empirical field, it challenges binaries between the digital and the natural, positioning nature relations within a hybrid, hypermediated sociotechnical landscape. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, contributions examine themes such as hybridity, AI–nature relations, datafication, and decolonial approaches, offering new tools and insights for researchers, educators, and policymakers navigating the cultural, political, and technological forces shaping ecological futures.
Jack Reed
Postdigital nature connection Digital technologies and ecological engagement Human–nature relationships in the digital age Nature connection and networked spaces Environmental sociology and postdigital theory AI and cultural imaginaries of nature Datafication and ecological futures Nature-based learning in digital contexts Hybrid sociotechnical landscapes of nature Decolonial and Global South perspectives on nature