Natures running wild: a social-ecological perspective on wilderness
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In: Nature and Culture, Vol. 4, No. 3, 01.2009, p. 293-315.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Natures running wild
T2 - a social-ecological perspective on wilderness
AU - Hofmeister, Sabine
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 313 - 315
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - This article is based on the thesis that wilderness as a cultural value emerges where it has been lost as a geographical and material phenomenon. In Europe the idea of wilderness experienced a surprising upswing at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, with wilderness tours, wilderness education, and self-experience trips into "wilderness" becoming widely established. Also, protection of "wilderness areas" which refers to such different phenomena as large forests, wild gardens, and urban wild is very much in demand. Against this background, the article looks into the material-ecological and symbolic-cultural senses of "wilderness" in the context of changing social relations to nature. Three forms of wilderness are distinguished. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, the article builds on contemporary risk discourse.
AB - This article is based on the thesis that wilderness as a cultural value emerges where it has been lost as a geographical and material phenomenon. In Europe the idea of wilderness experienced a surprising upswing at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, with wilderness tours, wilderness education, and self-experience trips into "wilderness" becoming widely established. Also, protection of "wilderness areas" which refers to such different phenomena as large forests, wild gardens, and urban wild is very much in demand. Against this background, the article looks into the material-ecological and symbolic-cultural senses of "wilderness" in the context of changing social relations to nature. Three forms of wilderness are distinguished. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, the article builds on contemporary risk discourse.
KW - Environmental planning
KW - Nature conservation
KW - Nature-society relations
KW - Reproductivity
KW - Social ecology
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045015514&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/nc.2009.040305
DO - 10.3167/nc.2009.040305
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 4
SP - 293
EP - 315
JO - Nature and Culture
JF - Nature and Culture
SN - 1558-6073
IS - 3
ER -