Working with nature in Aotearoa New Zealand : an ethnography of coastal protection /

This rich ethnography analyses coastal protection as a sociomaterial practice. Coastal protection, Friederike Gesing argues, coproduces natural and cultural orders. In the context of the Aotearoa New Zealand coast, it follows the emergence of a new sociotechnical imaginary: coastal management workin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gesing, Friederike (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2016.
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Temas:
Shore protection > New Zealand.
Cultural geography > New Zealand.
Rivage > Protection > Nouvelle-Zélande.
Géographie culturelle > Nouvelle-Zélande.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Cultural geography
Coast changes
Coastal zone management
Conservation of natural resources
Ethnology
Shore protection
New Zealand
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This rich ethnography analyses coastal protection as a sociomaterial practice. Coastal protection, Friederike Gesing argues, coproduces natural and cultural orders. In the context of the Aotearoa New Zealand coast, it follows the emergence of a new sociotechnical imaginary: coastal management working "with nature"--And not against it. The analysis of a seawall controversy and of different coastal protection projects shows how "soft" protection slowly takes hold. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists engage in different practices of making coastal naturecultures: dune restoration as do-it-yourself erosion control, reconstructing native nature, or soft engineering "in concert with natural processes."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (357 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839434468
3839434467

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