Cultural ecologies of the land : a restless dynamic of people and place / Patrick J. Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dillon, Patrick, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Human ecology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

xii, 227 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Restless dynamic of people and place

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

"Cultural Ecologies of the Land is a radical and challenging reassessment of the way we relate to the land and to infrastructure. There was a time when the land defined us. Now, with each passing year, we are increasingly detached from it. It was once the centre stage of humanity, now it is the setting for a technological drama. What has happened, and why does it matter? This book is a multi-layered account of people and environment shaping each other through cumulative, moment-to-moment, day-to-day change, and a template for thinking about place, locality, belonging, and identity. Cultural Ecologies of the Land presents the existential crisis that many believe we now face as a systemic problem, arising from social institutions and forms of behaviour that have been marginalised with our dependency on modern infrastructure. It explains the part people have played in contributing to the crisis, and how regenerating relationships with the land offers a route towards alleviating it. This is not only about acknowledging our impact on Earth, but also understanding ourselves in relation to it, how we engage with our surroundings, make sense of them, live and work in them, and create narratives that connect and sustain us"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foundations

Human agency

Making sense

Adaptive change

Making a living

Making stories

Making place

Days of future passed

Governance

Education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dillon, Patrick, 1950- Cultural ecologies of the land

ISBN:

9781032975610

103297561X

9781032975627

1032975628

OCLC:

1472584162

Publisher Number:

90102160925

CIPO000198448