Postenvironmentalism, 1st ed. 2016 A Material Semiotic Perspective on Living Spaces
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : Certomà Chiara
This book presents a vibrant study of the rise, decline, and transformation of environmental thinking. The author?s analysis moves from the proclaimed death of environmentalism toward the emerging theory and practices of postenvironmentalism in its manifold interpretations. Building upon current transformation of the relationship between science, technology, society and the environment, the book combines a theory-informed presentation of worldwide cases and crucial events in the history of environmentalism with a journey into scholarly explorations in order to answer the crucial question: where is environmental thinking heading?
1. Introduction
1.1 A world in commotion
1.2 Green, green, my world is green…
2. At the edge of environmental thinking
2.1 Realism and Constructivism
2.2 Normalization and mainstreaming
3. Is this the end of environmentalism, as we know it?
3.1 The political ecology framework 3.2 Prophets of the end: the emergence of post-environmentalism
3.3 Post-ecologism. A constructivist interpretation of post-environmentalism
4. Postenvironmentalism beyond post-environmentalism
4.1 From post-environmentalism to postenvironmentalism
4.2 Hybrid actors in heterogeneous networks
4.3 Toward a material semiotic postenvironmentalism
5.1 Space matter(s): on the emergence of living spaces
5.2 Assemble, mobilize, impact!
6. Summary and conclusion 6.1 Against environmental thinking institutionalisation
6.2 Are we really walking on the edge?
6.3 Postenvironmentalist agency in living spaces
Chiara Certomà is Research Fellow at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies and External Professor in Society and Environment at the University of Pisa, Italy. She has conducted research at The Open University, UK, Ghent University, Belgium, and the Rachel Carson Center, Germany, and published in international journals on environmental theory, sustainable planning and governance.
Presents a vibrant analysis of the rise, decline and transformation of environmental thinking
Offers a new material-semiotic reading of environmentalist agency of hybrid networks of humans, non-humans and technologies
Complements theoretical exploration with examples from the US, Italy, and Ecuador among others
