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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gesing, Friederike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript, 2016.
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction and Outline
  • Part I: Introducing Ethnography to Coastal Naturecultures
  • 1. Working with Nature, Working with Water: A Globalized Imaginary
  • 2. Natureculture Imaginaries
  • 3. The Context of the Coast
  • Part II: Beyond Hard Protection? The Waihi Beach Case
  • 4. Historical Transect of a Coastal Protection Conflict
  • 5. Possible Futures
  • Part III: Material Practices of Working with Nature, or: Making Coastal Naturecultures
  • 6. Restoring and Maintaining Nature: An Introduction to Coast Care
  • 7. Working with Nature, Working with Communities
  • 8. "It's a Frontline of Defence"
  • Dune Restoration as Soft Protection
  • 9. Reconstructing Native Nature
  • 10. Understanding Nature, Making Waves: Multipurpose Reefs
  • Conclusion: Working with Nature, Making Coastal Naturecultures
  • Bibliography
  • List of Interviews
  • Table of Figures.

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