Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand
An Ethnography of Coastal Protection
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Beschreibung
Tackling an issue of crucial importance for human-nature relationships at the coast, this rich ethnography follows the emergence of ›soft‹ coastal protection in practice.
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.
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Friederike Gesing
Friederike Gesing ist Assistenzprofessorin für Humangeographie mit Schwerpunkt Posthuman Studies an der Universität Graz.
Themen in »Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand«
Coast Coast Ethnography Ethnography Practice Practice Nature Nature New Zealand New Zealand Sociotechnical Imaginaries Sociotechnical Imaginaries Environment Environment Dune Restoration