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Prairie politics: Constructing science, nature and community in the Chicago wilderness.

机译:草原政治:在芝加哥荒野中建设科学,自然和社区。

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This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the public controversy over the ecological restoration of the Forest Preserves of Cook County in the Chicago metropolitan area. Restoration requires the removal of non-native species of plants that are considered to adversely affect native plant and animal communities. The conflict arose when residents living near the forest preserves noticed large trees being cut down in areas they had long enjoyed as forests.; This study involved a two-year period of participant-observation and employed in-depth interviews, content analysis of written texts, and video recordings. Informed by recent constructivist work in the Public Understanding of Science (PUS), environmental sociology, and the sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK), this study explores the ways in which the activities of ecological restoration co-construct science, nature, and the human communities of which they are part.; Central to the conflict is the erection of boundaries separating "expert" from "non-expert" in performing and understanding the science that explains nature. In the case of the controversy, "expert" restorationists act as both activists and scientists who connect the promotion of a social movement to "save nature" with the technical and scientific work of applied ecology. This activist-science appears dishonest and dangerous to critics who see as incompatible the pursuit of moral authority alongside the desire to be an objective, scientific authority.; Restorationists and their critics also grapple with the issue of defining the communities responsible for participating in the management of public land. Although "community advisory councils" and "community hearings" are a constant feature of attempts to mediate the conflict, the meaning of "community" is shown to be inevitably dependent upon the political interests its serves.; The construction of both "expert science" and "community" is further realized in the physical changes made (or potentially made) upon the landscape. Using the Oak Savanna ecosystem as an example, this study demonstrates the importance of the social construction of nature alongside the co-constructions of science and community. Ultimately it is these three co-constructions that must be recognized to appreciate the broader meaning of this conflict and of its implications for community based conservation in the U.S.
机译:本文是对芝加哥大都市区库克县森林保护区生态修复公众争议的民族志研究。恢复需要去除被认为会对本地植物和动物群落产生不利影响的非本地植物。当居住在森林保护区附近的居民注意到他们长期喜欢森林的地区砍伐大树时,发生了冲突。这项研究涉及为期两年的参与者观察,并进行了深度访谈,书面文本的内容分析和录像。受到最近在公众理解科学(PUS),环境社会学和科学知识社会学(SSK)中的建构主义工作的启发,本研究探索了生态恢复活动共同构建科学,自然和人类的方式。他们所属的社区。冲突的中心是在执行和理解解释自然的科学时,将“专家”与“非专家”分开的界限的建立。在争议的情况下,“专家”恢复主义者既是活动家又是科学家,他们将促进社会运动以“拯救自然”与应用生态学的技术和科学联系起来。对于那些认为对道德权威的追求与对成为客观,科学权威的渴望是不相容的评论家,这种激进科学显得不诚实和危险。恢复主义者及其批评者还努力解决定义负责参与公共土地管理的社区的问题。尽管“社区咨询委员会”和“社区听证会”是调解冲突的一贯特征,但“社区”的含义不可避免地取决于其服务的政治利益。 “专家科学”和“社区”的构建还可以通过对景观进行(或可能进行)的物理变化来实现。以奥克萨凡纳(Oak Savanna)生态系统为例,该研究证明了自然界的社会建设以及科学与社区的共同建设的重要性。最终,必须认识到这三个共同建设,才能认识到这场冲突的更广泛含义及其对美国基于社区的保护的意义。

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  • 作者

    Helford, Reid Marc.;

  • 作者单位

    Loyola University Chicago.;

  • 授予单位 Loyola University Chicago.;
  • 学科 Sociology General.; Urban and Regional Planning.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2003
  • 页码 139 p.
  • 总页数 139
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 社会学;区域规划、城乡规划;
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  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:45:15

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