Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2014
This paper draws together recent literatures on the geography of experiments and the potential of... more This paper draws together recent literatures on the geography of experiments and the potential of experimental modes of conducting science and politics. It examines their implications for environmentalism in the Anthropocene. We differentiate between two different conceptions of an experiment, contrasting the singular, modern scientific understanding of an experiment with recent appeals for deliberative public experiments. Developing the concept of wild experiments we identify three axes for critical enquiry. These relate to the status of the nonhuman world as found or made, the importance afforded order and surprise in the conduct of any experiment and the degree and means by which publics are included in decisionmaking. We then illustrate the potential of this framework through a case study investigation of nature conservation, critically examining efforts to rewild and de-domesticate a polder landscape and its nonhuman inhabitants at the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. This is a flagship example of the wider enthusiasm for rewilding in nature conservation. In conclusion we reflect on wider significance and potential of these wild experiments for rethinking environmentalism in the Anthropocene.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2010
This paper aims to open conversations between human and physical geographers interested in the di... more This paper aims to open conversations between human and physical geographers interested in the diversity and dynamics of life and ways of ensuring their future flourishing. It brings together a revitalised human geography with recent work in bio-geography to develop lively ...
Since their inception in 1980 the concept of biodiversity and the practical techniques of biodive... more Since their inception in 1980 the concept of biodiversity and the practical techniques of biodiversity conservation have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity as a mode of understanding and governing the environment. This paper draws on concepts from science studies and ...
... Similar experimental epistemologies are presented by Hinchliffe and Whatmore (2006) in their ... more ... Similar experimental epistemologies are presented by Hinchliffe and Whatmore (2006) in their work on vernacular urban ecologies in the UK and by Kezia Barker (2008) in her explorations of the management of invasive species in New Zealand. ...
... tourist mobilities are figured as a catalyst for modern cosmopolitanism ([Franklin, 2003] and... more ... tourist mobilities are figured as a catalyst for modern cosmopolitanism ([Franklin, 2003] and ... relevant here, and these apply equally to the discourse of global environmental citizenship. First, these approaches pay little attention to the material assemblages of objects, bodies ...
Abstract Increasing numbers of fee-paying volunteers now travel from the UK to work on conservati... more Abstract Increasing numbers of fee-paying volunteers now travel from the UK to work on conservation projects in middle and low income countries. The time and resources they commit have important implications for international conservation practice. This article provides an overview of ...
Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation represent... more Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation represents a major challenge for the 21st century. The concept of reconciliation ecology, by which the anthropogenic environment may be modified to encourage non-human use and biodiversity preservation without compromising societal utilization, potentially represents an appropriate paradigm for urban conservation given the generally poor opportunities that exist for reserve establishment and ecological restoration in urban areas. Two habitat improvement techniques with great potential for reconciliation ecology in urban areas are the installation of living roofs and walls, which have been shown to support a range of taxa at local scales. This paper evaluates the reconciliation potential of living roofs and walls, in particular highlighting both ecological and societal limitations that need to be overcome for application at the landscape scale. We further consider that successful utilization of li...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010
Review: When Species Meet by DJ Haraway; University of Minnesota Press, MN, 2008, 423 pages, US $... more Review: When Species Meet by DJ Haraway; University of Minnesota Press, MN, 2008, 423 pages, US $75.00 cloth, $24.95 paper (£ 46.50,£ 15.50) ISBN 9780816650453, 978081665060.[J. Lorimer & G. Davies, 2010]. The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited ...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2007
Introduction This paper starts in the Hebrides, where Craig and I are out counting corncrakes (Cr... more Introduction This paper starts in the Hebrides, where Craig and I are out counting corncrakes (Crex crex). On a dark and windy night on the machair of Tiree we wait. Thigh deep in flag irises we listen. Around us echo the deafening crakes of a male corncrake, returned from its ...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010
The biophilosophies of Gilles Deleuze (and Fe¨lix Guattari) get a mixed review in When Species Me... more The biophilosophies of Gilles Deleuze (and Fe¨lix Guattari) get a mixed review in When Species Meet. In the main they interweave and overlap with Haraway's approach and she explicitly acknowledges her indebtedness to them (and others) for providing us with the radical conceptual ...
I took the photograph in figure 1 while standing fifty storeys up on top of a skyscraper in Centr... more I took the photograph in figure 1 while standing fifty storeys up on top of a skyscraper in Central London with Dusty Gedgeöformer circus performer, keen amateur birder, and cofounder of `LivingRoofs', an organisation dedicated to `greening' UK roof spaces. Around us tower ...
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2014
This paper draws together recent literatures on the geography of experiments and the potential of... more This paper draws together recent literatures on the geography of experiments and the potential of experimental modes of conducting science and politics. It examines their implications for environmentalism in the Anthropocene. We differentiate between two different conceptions of an experiment, contrasting the singular, modern scientific understanding of an experiment with recent appeals for deliberative public experiments. Developing the concept of wild experiments we identify three axes for critical enquiry. These relate to the status of the nonhuman world as found or made, the importance afforded order and surprise in the conduct of any experiment and the degree and means by which publics are included in decisionmaking. We then illustrate the potential of this framework through a case study investigation of nature conservation, critically examining efforts to rewild and de-domesticate a polder landscape and its nonhuman inhabitants at the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. This is a flagship example of the wider enthusiasm for rewilding in nature conservation. In conclusion we reflect on wider significance and potential of these wild experiments for rethinking environmentalism in the Anthropocene.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2010
This paper aims to open conversations between human and physical geographers interested in the di... more This paper aims to open conversations between human and physical geographers interested in the diversity and dynamics of life and ways of ensuring their future flourishing. It brings together a revitalised human geography with recent work in bio-geography to develop lively ...
Since their inception in 1980 the concept of biodiversity and the practical techniques of biodive... more Since their inception in 1980 the concept of biodiversity and the practical techniques of biodiversity conservation have experienced a meteoric rise in popularity as a mode of understanding and governing the environment. This paper draws on concepts from science studies and ...
... Similar experimental epistemologies are presented by Hinchliffe and Whatmore (2006) in their ... more ... Similar experimental epistemologies are presented by Hinchliffe and Whatmore (2006) in their work on vernacular urban ecologies in the UK and by Kezia Barker (2008) in her explorations of the management of invasive species in New Zealand. ...
... tourist mobilities are figured as a catalyst for modern cosmopolitanism ([Franklin, 2003] and... more ... tourist mobilities are figured as a catalyst for modern cosmopolitanism ([Franklin, 2003] and ... relevant here, and these apply equally to the discourse of global environmental citizenship. First, these approaches pay little attention to the material assemblages of objects, bodies ...
Abstract Increasing numbers of fee-paying volunteers now travel from the UK to work on conservati... more Abstract Increasing numbers of fee-paying volunteers now travel from the UK to work on conservation projects in middle and low income countries. The time and resources they commit have important implications for international conservation practice. This article provides an overview of ...
Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation represent... more Reconciling human and non-human use of urban regions to support biological conservation represents a major challenge for the 21st century. The concept of reconciliation ecology, by which the anthropogenic environment may be modified to encourage non-human use and biodiversity preservation without compromising societal utilization, potentially represents an appropriate paradigm for urban conservation given the generally poor opportunities that exist for reserve establishment and ecological restoration in urban areas. Two habitat improvement techniques with great potential for reconciliation ecology in urban areas are the installation of living roofs and walls, which have been shown to support a range of taxa at local scales. This paper evaluates the reconciliation potential of living roofs and walls, in particular highlighting both ecological and societal limitations that need to be overcome for application at the landscape scale. We further consider that successful utilization of li...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010
Review: When Species Meet by DJ Haraway; University of Minnesota Press, MN, 2008, 423 pages, US $... more Review: When Species Meet by DJ Haraway; University of Minnesota Press, MN, 2008, 423 pages, US $75.00 cloth, $24.95 paper (£ 46.50,£ 15.50) ISBN 9780816650453, 978081665060.[J. Lorimer & G. Davies, 2010]. The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited ...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2007
Introduction This paper starts in the Hebrides, where Craig and I are out counting corncrakes (Cr... more Introduction This paper starts in the Hebrides, where Craig and I are out counting corncrakes (Crex crex). On a dark and windy night on the machair of Tiree we wait. Thigh deep in flag irises we listen. Around us echo the deafening crakes of a male corncrake, returned from its ...
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010
The biophilosophies of Gilles Deleuze (and Fe¨lix Guattari) get a mixed review in When Species Me... more The biophilosophies of Gilles Deleuze (and Fe¨lix Guattari) get a mixed review in When Species Meet. In the main they interweave and overlap with Haraway's approach and she explicitly acknowledges her indebtedness to them (and others) for providing us with the radical conceptual ...
I took the photograph in figure 1 while standing fifty storeys up on top of a skyscraper in Centr... more I took the photograph in figure 1 while standing fifty storeys up on top of a skyscraper in Central London with Dusty Gedgeöformer circus performer, keen amateur birder, and cofounder of `LivingRoofs', an organisation dedicated to `greening' UK roof spaces. Around us tower ...
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