The power of narrative in environmental networks / Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram, and Helen Ingram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lejano, Raul P., 1961-

Ingram, Mrill, author.

Ingram, Helen M., 1937- author.

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism.

Environmental policy.

Policy sciences.

Social networks.

Physical Description:

xiv, 225 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

Summary:

For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people to each other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arise around issues of resource and ecological management. In this book, Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram, and Helen Ingram argue that stories, or narratives, play a key role in these networks-that environmental communities "narrate themselves into existence." The authors propose the notion of the narrative-network, and introduce innovative tools to analyze the plots, characters, and events that inform environmental action. Their analysis sheds light on how environmental networks can emerge in unlikely contexts and sustain themselves against great odds. The authors present three case studies that demonstrate the power of narrative and narratology in the analysis of environmental networks: a conservation network in the Sonoran Desert, which achieved some success despite U.S.-Mexico border issues; a narrative that bridged differences between community and scientists in the Turtle Islands; and networks of researchers and farmers that formed to develop and sustain alternative agriculture practice in the face of government inaction. These cases demonstrate that by paying attention to language and storytelling, we can improve our understanding of environmental behavior and even change it in positive ways. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments

1. Introduction : the stories environmental networks tell us

2. A theory of "more than social" networks

3. The turn to narrative analysis

4. Narrative, network, and conservation on the Arizona-Sonora border

5. Narrating the ethical landscape of the Turtle Islands

6. Narratives of nature and science in alternative farming networks

7. Expanding the ecological imagination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lejano, Raul P., 1961- Power of narrative in environmental networks.

ISBN:

9780262019378

026201937X

9780262519571

0262519577

OCLC:

828190097

Publisher Number:

40022690542

Online:

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