Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand: An Ethnography of Coastal Protection

Friederike Gesing

Published by transcript Verlag 2016

Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand

An Ethnography of Coastal Protection

Friederike Gesing

In the series Kultur und soziale Praxis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839434468

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Friederike Gesing (Dr.) is a senior researcher at artec Sustainability Research Center, University of Bremen. She works on sociomaterial practices of coastal protection and transnational climate policy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Introduction and Outline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Part I: Introducing Ethnography to Coastal Naturecultures
1. Working with Nature, Working with Water: A Globalized Imaginary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Natureculture Imaginaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. The Context of the Coast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Part II: Beyond Hard Protection? The Waihi Beach Case
4. Historical Transect of a Coastal Protection Conflict Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. Possible Futures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Part III: Material Practices of Working with Nature, or: Making Coastal Naturecultures
6. Restoring and Maintaining Nature: An Introduction to Coast Care Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
7. Working with Nature, Working with Communities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
8. “It’s a Frontline of Defence” – Dune Restoration as Soft Protection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
9. Reconstructing Native Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
10. Understanding Nature, Making Waves: Multipurpose Reefs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Conclusion: Working with Nature, Making Coastal Naturecultures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
List of Interviews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Table of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 356
Keywords: Ethnography; Practice; Nature; New Zealand; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Environment; Dune Restoration; Materiality; Collaboration; Coastal Protection; Oceania; Culture; Ethnology; Cultural Geography; Human Ecology; Environmental Sociology

eBook

Published: May 27, 2016
ISBN: 9783839434468