Essays about: "Human-Nature Relationship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words Human-Nature Relationship.

1. 1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
   Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

   Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

3. 2. Ethics over aesthetics - A content analysis on the inclusion of environmental ethics within the undergraduate architectural curriculum

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

   Author : Angela Raji; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : Environmental ethics; Curriculum studies; Undergraduate architectural education; Qualitative content analysis; Value-oriented framework;

   Abstract : This document analysis study primarily investigates the inclusion of environmental ethics with an undergraduate architectural curriculum in Sweden. The curriculum documents analyzed in this study contain specific literature and objectives which primarily guide pedagogy both in theory and in the design studio. READ MORE

4. 3. Garden-based learning in teacher education in Germany - A mixed-method study of teacher students´ and teacher educators´ views on garden-based education

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

   Author : Lena Rothe; [2023-01-09]
   Keywords : garden-based learning; teacher education; food system education; case study; learning garden;

   Abstract : Aim: This study focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of teacher educators' and teacher students' perspectives on garden-based learning in the teacher education program in several universities in Germany. Theory: The theoretical framework is based on three theories. READ MORE

5. 4. What do you mean 'climate change'? Framings of climate change in citizens' climate assemblies

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Corinna Zeitfogel; [2023]
   Keywords : citizens climate assemblies; framing; evidence; climate change;

   Abstract : A preliminary technical framing of climate change in the evidence of citizens' climate assemblies (CCAs) might lead to closing down policy options and ignoring other sides of climate change, such as questions of power. A limited range of frames can negatively impact epistemic conditions for deliberation and lead to decreased engagement by participants who do not share the values proposed by the dominant frames. READ MORE

6. 5. How Does it Feel to be Connected with Nature? A Qualitative Study of Meditation Practitioners in Sweden.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Romane Louise Aurélie Yang; [2023]
   Keywords : meditation; connectedness with nature; mindfulness; human-nature relationship; Buddhism; Sweden; sustainability science; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : For the past centuries, human-nature relationships have deteriorated into a drastic disconnection, characterized by a lack of compassion for nature and insufficient action for mitigating environmental degradation. This study investigates connectedness with nature (CWN) among regular meditation practitioners. READ MORE