About this issue
The ways in which we come to know the environment are always inherently political—as are the ways in which environmental knowledge is put to use in the world. Focusing on “scientific knowledge” and “Indigenous knowledge,” on knowledge obtained through work as well as through leisure, the contributions in this volume explore how environmental knowledge is acquired, constructed, and deployed to make political claims on or for the environment. This volume also shows how environmental knowledge is embedded in grassroots, national, and international political efforts to find solutions to environmental problems. These essays showcase examples from Canada and Western Europe, offering insights into how different forms of environmental knowledge and environmental politics come to be seen as legitimate or illegitimate.
How to cite: Clapperton, Jonathan, and Liza Piper, eds. “Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Politics: Case Studies from Canada and Western Europe,” RCC Perspectives: Transformations in Environment and Society 2016, no. 4. doi.org/10.5282/rcc/7691.
Content
- Introduction by Jonathan Clapperton and Liza Piper
- Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and the Politics of Postcolonial Writing by Jonathan Clapperton
- Bitumen Exploration and the Southern Re-Inscription of Northeastern Alberta: 1875–1967 by Hereward Longley
- Pollution, Local Activism, and the Politics of Development in the Canadian North by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling
- Seeds of Knowledge: From Back-to-the-Land to Urban Gardening by Nancy Janovicek
- Between Stewardship and Exploitation: Private Tourism, State Parks, and Environmentalism by Jessica M. DeWitt
- Reflections on Water: Knowing a River by Marianna Dudley
- “We Are as Gods”: The Green Technical Fix by Henry Trim
- Environmental Knowledge and Politics in Portugal: From Resistance to Incorporation by Margarida Queirós
- Coal in the Age of the Oil Sands by Liza Piper
