Imagining 'environment' in sustainable development

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dc.contributor.authorFarrelly, Trisia Angela
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-20T04:26:13Z
dc.date.available2010-07-20T04:26:13Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-20T04:26:13Z
dc.description.abstractThe paper presents an argument for a broader and more complex definition of environment than that currently offered in sustainable development discourse and practice. Sustainable development is rooted in dominant western rational and instrumental scientific representations of human-environment relationships. As such, it has been criticised as misrepresentative and meaningless for many of those for whom it is intended. Recent contributions by social scientists have emphasized the need to move beyond the narrow construction of the human-environment dichotomy found in western scientific rhetoric. These emerging ‘new ecologies’ advocate a re-imagining of human-environment relationships as holistic, connective, and relational, and as a product of direct perception and active engagement in the world. The Boumā National Heritage Park, Fiji, a community-based ecotourism initiative is presented as a case study to identify discrepancies between indigenous perceptions of the environment and those of formally educated western development practitioners, as well as the potential for ongoing convergence.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFarrelly, T. (2010). Reimagining ‘environment’ in sustainable development. (Institute of Development Studies Working Paper Series 1/2010). Palmerston North, N.Z.: Massey University. Institute of Development Studies.
dc.identifier.issn1179-2973
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1473
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInstitute of Development Studies Working Paper Seriesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1/2010en_US
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based ecotourismen_US
dc.subjectSentient ecologyen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous epistemologiesen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectEcological humanitiesen_US
dc.titleImagining 'environment' in sustainable developmenten_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
massey.contributor.authorFarrelly, Trisia Angela
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