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Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture Interface

Livelihoods, Policies, and Methodologies

Herausgeber: Birkeland, Inger; Parra, Constanza; Burton, Rob

Beschreibung

This book explores the interfaces between nature and culture through the perspective of cultural sustainability. It focuses on the nature-culture interface conceptualised as a meeting-place where experiences, practices, policies, ideas and knowledges meet, are negotiated, discussed and resolved.

Autor

Inger Birkeland is Professor in Human Geography at the Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies at University College of Southeast Norway, where she researches cultural and learning aspects of sustainability in local and regional development. Rob Burton is a Research Professor at the Centre for Rural Research in Trondheim, Norway. He focuses on farmer agency and, in particular, the influence of identity and cultural factors on decision-making. Constanza Parra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, at the University of Leuven, Belgium. She researches and writes on social sustainability, nature-culture interactions, governance of socio-ecological systems and sustainable tourism. Katriina Siivonen is Adjunct Professor in Cultural Heritage Studies and Senior Lecturer and Discipline Coordinator in Futures Studies at University of Turku, Finland. She focusses on cultural sustainability, semiotic theory of culture, traditions, cultural heritage, heritage futures, cultural identities and ethnography as well as qualitative and participatory futures methodology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781138650497
• ISBN-10: 1138650498
• Artikelnr.: 52458949