اکولوژی انسانی رادیکال: رویکردهای بین‌فرهنگی و بومی

Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues, but also address questions of practice and meaning. Organized into three sections - Head, Heart and Hand - this volume covers the following key research areas: Theories of Human Ecology Indigenous and Wisdom Traditions Eco-spiritual Epistemologies and Ontology Research practice in Human Ecology The researcher-researched relationship Research priorities for a holistic world With the study of human ecology becoming increasingly imperative, this comprehensive volume will be a valuable addition for classroom use. Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 8 Notes on Contributors 10 Foreword 16 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction: Human Ecology: A Pedagogy of Hope? 20 Part I: Head: Theories of Human Ecology 32 1 The Attitude of Human Ecology 34 2 The Challenge of Radical Human Ecology to the Academy 50 3 Being From and Coming To: Outline of an Ethno-Ecological Framework 76 4 Returning the Sacred: Indigenous Ontologies in Perilous Times 92 Part II: Heart: Radical Epistemologies of Relationship 108 5 The Human Ecologist as Alchemist: An Inquiry into Ngāi Te Rangi Cosmology, Human Agency, and Well-Being in a Time of Ecological Peril 110 6 Exploring Identity, Belonging and Place-making as a Transition Activist 140 7 Education for Life: Human Ecology Pedagogy as a Bridge to Indigenous Knowing 158 8 Sufi Path: Possibilities of Transcending Limited and Limiting Identity 180 9 The Promise of Orthodox Christianity for Sustainable Community Development 198 10 North American Indians, Connectivity and Human Ecology 224 11 Living in Respect: Traditional knowledge of the Woodland Cree in Northern Saskatchewan 240 Part III: Hand: Human Ecology in Practice 252 12 Teaching Radical Human Ecology in the Academy 254 13 Human Ecology as Peacebuilding 276 14 Migration, Aboriginality and Acculturation 294 15 The Immigration Experience: Losses and Gains for Immigrant and Refugee Women 310 16 Rebuilding China’s Economy on Gendered Rural Family Labour: A Case Study of Generational 332 17 Human Ecology: From Conceptual Exercise to Militant Practice in Maranhão 346 18 The Place of Creation: Transformation, Trauma and Re-rooting Creative Praxis 366 19 Experiments in Action Research and Human Ecology: Developing a Community of Practice for Rural Resilience Pioneers 392 20 He Whanaunga Tērā: The Politics and Practice of an Indigenous and Intercultural Approach to Ecological Well-Being 416 Editors’ Afterword: A Research Agenda for Human Ecology 440 Index 444 Human ecology - the study and practice of relationships between the natural and the social environment - has gained prominence as scholars seek more effectively to engage with pressing global concerns. In the past seventy years most human ecology has skirted the fringes of geography, sociology and biology. This volume pioneers radical new directions. In particular, it explores the power of indigenous and traditional peoples' epistemologies both to critique and to complement insights from modernity and postmodernity. Aimed at an international readership, its contributors show that an inter-cultural and transdisciplinary approach is required. The demands of our era require a scholarship of ontological depth: an approach that can not just debate issues, but also address questions of practice and meaning. -- Book jacket