GEOG 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Biobank, Moe Williams, Dayak People
15 Jul 2020
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What is at stake what stands to be gained or lost, and by whom-- in how we define nature . 2 and 3 go together but 3 goes farther than 2, 1 and 3 are in opposition the social construction of nature. The world as we know it has been shaped by long histories of interactions involving humans and other creatures and things on this planet. So we cannot speak of (or even understand) nature outside sets of social categories, relationships, and histories. This also means that our definitions of nature are shaped by relations of culture and power. Zoo example: zoos were aligned with different themes at different times in history: building a collection at the zoo, the zoo as a circus, modernizing the zoo, the biobank and nature"s recovery. Yellowstone= removal of a native population to preserve nature. Fortress conservation: preservation of nature enforced through military action.
