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Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand

An Ethnography of Coastal Protection

Friederike Gesing

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English
Transcript Verlag
18 October 2016
"Working with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of ""soft"" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering ""in concert with natural processes"". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making."

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Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 23mm,  Width: 15mm,  Spine: 2mm
Weight:   680g
ISBN:   9783837634464
ISBN 10:   3837634469
Series:   Culture and Social Practice
Pages:   356
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Friederike Gesing is a cultural anthropologist of science, technology and nature, and co-founder of the Bremen NatureCultures Lab. She works at artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen, Germany.

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