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1. 6. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

   Författare :Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. LÄS MER

3. 7. Reading nature : developing ecological literacy through teaching

   Författare :Ola Magntorn; Learning in Science and Mathematics (LISMA); []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : In this study the concept reading nature and its contribution to science education is discussed. Some scientific concepts relevant for reading nature are defined. Reading nature has to do with the ability to recognise organisms and relate them to other organisms and to material cycling and energy flow in the specific habitat which is to be read. LÄS MER

4. 8. Noticing nature : exploring more-than-human-centred design in urban farming

   Författare :Anton Poikolainen Rosén; Maria Normark; Mikael Wiberg; Ron Wakkary; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Sustainability; Posthumanism; Urban farming; design; design; human-computer interaction; människa-datorinteraktion;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis articulates, theorises and furthers the concept of “more-than-human-centred design” by studying the use and design of technology for noticing nature and caring for nature. The emerging field of more-than-human-centred design focuses on the mutual interdependence between humans and non-humans (e.g. LÄS MER

5. 9. Distorted natures : Shifting ideologies of nature in Swedish geography school textbooks 1866-2012

   Författare :Sebastian Djup; Mitchell Donald; Ann Grubbström; Jonas Almqvist; Scott Kirsch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nature; ideology; ideologies of nature; production of nature; geography school textbooks; geography education geografididaktik ; curriculum studies didaktik ; Geography; Geografi;

   Sammanfattning : Historically, nature has worked and functioned as a powerful idea. Therefore, this thesis provides a historical account of how ideologies of nature have been articulated and transformed in Swedish geography school textbooks (secondary and upper secondary level) from 1866 to 2012. LÄS MER

7. 10. Bridges, Walls, Doors : On Democracy and Nature

   Författare :Rickard Andersson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; human-nature relations; democracy; nature; political order; conceptual analysis; intellectual history; the Anthropocene;

   Sammanfattning : The concept of green democracy has been advanced in green political theory as a way to include the natural world in the political and, by that, overcome an alleged wall, a fundamental disunity, separating humans and nature in modernity and substitute it with a unity of identity that would bridge the gap between them. It has also been vested with the coupled power to transform society in a sustainable direction. LÄS MER