| Description |
1 online resource (357 pages) |
| Series |
Kultur und soziale Praxis |
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Kultur und soziale Praxis.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction and Outline -- Part I: Introducing Ethnography to Coastal Naturecultures -- 1. Working with Nature, Working with Water: A Globalized Imaginary -- 2. Natureculture Imaginaries -- 3. The Context of the Coast -- Part II: Beyond Hard Protection? The Waihi Beach Case -- 4. Historical Transect of a Coastal Protection Conflict -- 5. Possible Futures -- Part III: Material Practices of Working with Nature, or: Making Coastal Naturecultures -- 6. Restoring and Maintaining Nature: An Introduction to Coast Care -- 7. Working with Nature, Working with Communities -- 8. "It's a Frontline of Defence" -- Dune Restoration as Soft Protection -- 9. Reconstructing Native Nature -- 10. Understanding Nature, Making Waves: Multipurpose Reefs -- Conclusion: Working with Nature, Making Coastal Naturecultures -- Bibliography -- List of Interviews -- Table of Figures |
| Summary |
This rich ethnography analyses coastal protection as a sociomaterial practice. Coastal protection, Friederike Gesing argues, coproduces natural and cultural orders. In the context of the Aotearoa New Zealand coast, it follows the emergence of a new sociotechnical imaginary: coastal management working "with nature"--And not against it. The analysis of a seawall controversy and of different coastal protection projects shows how "soft" protection slowly takes hold. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists engage in different practices of making coastal naturecultures: dune restoration as do-it-yourself erosion control, reconstructing native nature, or soft engineering "in concert with natural processes." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 26, 2017) |
| Subject |
Shore protection -- New Zealand
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Cultural geography -- New Zealand
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Cultural geography
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Coast changes
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Coastal zone management
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Conservation of natural resources
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Ethnology
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Shore protection
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New Zealand
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783839434468 |
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3839434467 |
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