Hybrid Geographies
Natures Cultures Spaces
- Sarah Whatmore - University of Oxford, UK
Human Geography
General arguments - informed by recent work in social theory - are illustrated throughout with detailed case-study material that shows how nature and culture are interrelated. The objective is to interrogate how ideas and practices mark off and regulate the commerce between the human and the non-human. Case studies that demonstrate the argument include an examination of genetically modified foods; a discussion of the idea of "wildlife"; and an inquiry into the management of wilderness spaces.
Hybrid Geographies is essential reading for all students in the social sciences with an interest in nature, space and social theory.
`Hybrid Geographies is one of the most original and important contributions to our field in the last 30 years. At once immensley provocative and productive, it is written with uncommon clarity and grace, and promises to breathe new life not only into geographical inquiry but into critical practice across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences - and beyond.
An extraordinary achievement' - Professor Derek Gregory, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
`A wildly fascinating and unique journey through some unexpected spaces of hybrid inquiry. Sarah Whatmore rewrites the nature-society relationship in novel and entertaining ways' - Professor John Urry, Lancaster University
A great introduction to more-than-constructionist approaches to understanding relationships between actants and their environments
