People and Places of Nature and Culture

Rod Giblett

Description

Using the rich and vital Australian Aboriginal understanding of country as a model, People and Places of Nature and Culture affirms the importance of a sustainable relationship between nature and culture. While current thought includes the mistaken notion—perpetuated by natural history, ecology, and political economy—that humans have a mastery over the Earth, this book demonstrates the problems inherent in this view. In the current age of climate change, this is an important appraisal of the relationship between nature and culture, and a projection of what needs to change if we want to achieve environmental stability.

Preface: From Sustainability to Symbiosis

 

PART I: CULTURAL NATURE

Chapter 1: The Nature of Natures and the Cultures of Natures

Chapter 2: Is the Public Sphere to the Biosphere as Culture is to Nature (as Male is to Female)?

 

PART II: LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS

 

Chapter 3: Nature's Fairest Forms: Aesthetics of Nature 

Chapter 4: Pleasing Prospects Revista’d: The Gentleman's Park Estate 

 

PART III: COLONIAL COUNTRY

 

Chapter 5: Home in the Wilds: Wild(er)ness as a Cultural Category

Chapter 6: Riding Roughshod Over It: Mateship Against the Bush

 

PART IV: NATIONAL PARKLANDS

 

Chapter 7: Nature Sanctuarized: 'Our' National Parks as Modern Cathedrals 

Chapter 8: Sites and Rights of Enjoyment: Nature and Native Title in National Parks 

 

PART V: INDUSTRIAL LAND USE

 

Chapter 9: Eating Earth: Mining and Gluttony 

Chapter 10: Kings in Kimberley Watercourses and Wetlands: Sadism and Pastoralism 

 

PART VI: LAND SYMBIOTICS

 

Chapter 11: 'We are the Land Ourselves': Aboriginal Country is a Cultural Landscape

Chapter 12: Home is Here: Livelihood, Bioregion and Symbiosis

Sujets

• Arts visuels
• Arts visuels
• ART
• Cultural Studies
• General
• Anthropology
• General officer

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 27 mai 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781841505046
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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People and Places of Nature and Culture

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Serîes Edîors: Rod Gîble, Warwîc Mules and Emîly Poer

Comîng ou o Cuura Sudîes, îs serîes examînes naure as e argey orgoen oer o cuure. ï aso consîders andscapes and e envîronmen, as we as e poîîca, economîc, semîoîc, pîosopîca and psycoogîca dîmensîons o a ree erms. Fîrmy paced în e radîîon o cuura sudîes o naure and andscape begun by Raymond Wîîams and conînued by Aexander Wîson and oers, î wî pubîs înerdîscîpînary work a draws on esabîsed approaces wîîn Cuura Sudîes, as we as deveopîng new ones. ï wî make a unîque and vîa conrîbuîon no ony o academîc enquîry bu aso o new ways o înkîng, beîng and îvîng wî e ear. he serîes wî be o îneres o a wîde range o eorîss and pracîîoners wo are seekîng dîrecîons ou o, and souîons o, our curren envîronmena and cuura maaîse.

People and Places of Nature and Culture

Rod Giblett

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Dedicated to David McKie

First published in the UK in 2011 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK

First published in the USA in 2011 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Copyright © 2011 Intellect Ltd

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Cover designer: Holly Rose Copy-editor: Michael Eckhardt Typesetting: Mac Style, Beverley, E. Yorkshire

ISBN 978-1-84150-401-8/ EISBN 9781841505046

Printed and bound by Gutenberg Press, Malta.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: From Sustainability to Symbiosis

PART I: Cultural Nature

Chapter 1: The Nature of Natures and the Cultures of Natures

Chapter 2: Is the Public Sphere to the Biosphere as Culture is to Nature (as Male is to Female)?

PART II: Landscape Aesthetics

Chapter 3: Nature’s Fairest Forms: Aesthetics of Nature

Chapter 4: Pleasing Prospects Revista’d: The Gentleman’s Park Estate

PART III: Colonial Country

Chapter 5: Home in the Wilds: Wild(er)ness as a Cultural Category

Chapter 6: Riding Roughshod Over It: Mateship Against the Bush

PART IV: National Parklands

Chapter 7: Nature Sanctuarized: ‘Our’ National Parks as Modern Cathedrals

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Chapter 8: Sites and Rights of Enjoyment: Nature and Native Title in National Parks 157

Peope and Paces o Naure and Cuure

PART V: Industrial Land Use

Chapter 9:

Eating Earth: Mining and Gluttony

177

181

Chapter 10: Kings in Kimberley Watercourses and Wetlands: Sadism and Pastoralism 199

PART VI: Land Symbiotics

217

Chapter 11: ‘We are the Land Ourselves’: Aboriginal Country is a Cultural Landscape 211

Chapter 12:

Home is Here: Livelihood, Bioregion and Symbiosis

References

Index

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Acknowledgments

e dedîcaîon o îs book o Davîd McKîe îs a sma oken o graîude or îs T suppor and efors on my bea durîng e mos dîicu and ryîng perîod o my îe. ï woud aso îke o gîve a specîa anks o Anne Brewser and Jon Sraon or eîr rîendsîp and suppor durîng îs perîod. Davîd îs a eadîng posmodern ecoogîs and a pîoneerîng proponen o a green Cuura Sudîes, as e demonsraed în e book e wroe wî Tom Jagenberg,Eco-Impacs and e Greenîng o Posmodernîy(Sage, 1997). Major îneecua and poîîca debs are aso owed o our oer posmodern ecoogîss: Feîx Guaarî, Mîce Serres, Raymond Wîîams and Aexander Wîson. hîs book as ad a ong perîod o gesaîon a roug e Nîneîes and Nougîes amounîng o weny-one years. Pubîcaîon us marks îs comîng o age and e acîevemen o îs majorîy (and opeuy aduood). Durîng îs perîod a arge number o peope ave conrîbued advîce, commens and suggesîons or wîc ï am îmmensey graeu. Nauray (or cuuray) ï am responsîbe or wa oows. Varîous capers ave aso been presened and/or pubîsed prevîousy. he Irs par o Caper 2 was presened as a paper a e Cuura Sudîes Assocîaîon o Ausraîa Conerence a Fremane, Ausraîa în December 1996 and was aer pubîsed înConînuum 11: 3 (1997: 74–84). ï woud îke o acknowedge e assîsance o Geof Craîg and Wendy Parkîns în suggesîng readîngs or îs caper and an anonymous reeree orConînuumor îs/er epu commens and suggesîons on e versîon presened a e CSAA Conerence, especîay or poînîng ou e perînence o Hanna Arend’sHuman Condîîon.An earîer and onger versîon o e remaînder o îs caper was pubîsed as a revîew arîce enîed ‘Goîng Green’ în Conînuum 11: 2 (1997: 128–139). ï graeuy acknowedge Zoë Soouîs’ work as e basîs or Caper 9. Wîou Zoë’s generous sarîng o er îdeas and er wrîîngs, îs caper woud no ave been possîbe, nor woud ï ave read Meanîe Keîn’s work wen ï dîd wîou er advocacy o î. ï woud aso îke o ank er or er epu commens on earîer versîons. Furermore, ï woud aso îke o acknowedge e sîmuaîng commens o e ‘Movîng e Boundarîes’ semînar serîes în Fremane a wîc a onger and earîer versîon o îs caper was presened. A sorer versîon was presened a, and pubîsed under e îe o ‘Terrapagy and e Poîîcs o Mînîng’ în e proceedîngs o e hîrd ïnernaîona Conerence on Envîronmena

Peope and Paces o Naure and Cuure

ïssues and Wase Managemen în Energy and Mînera Producîon, Per, Wesern Ausraîa, Augus 1994. Eary versîons o Capers 3, 7 and 10 were presened as work-în-progress researc semînars o saf and posgraduae sudens în e Scoo o Communîcaîon and Cuura Sudîes a Curîn Unîversîy o Tecnoogy. ï am graeu or e opporunîy o presen my work. ï am aso graeu o Peer Hucînson o e Naîona Naîve Tîe Trîbuna or îs epu commens on Caper 7. Caper 10 was Irs pubîsed înSpan 36: 2(1993: 541–559), and en reprîned în Hug Webb’s and my co-edîed coecîon,Wesern Ausralîan Welands: he Kîmberley and Sou-Wes(Per, Wesern Ausraîa: Back Swan Press/Weands Conservaîon Socîey, 1996). Muc o Caper 11 was presened în a penary sessîon o e ïnernaîona Ausraîan Sudîes Assocîaîon conerence on ‘Counry’ ed a e Unîversîy o Queensand, ïpswîc Campus în Juy 2000. ï am graeu o e organîsers or eîr învîaîon o aend, especîay eîg Dae. ï am graeu o Hug Webb or readîng Caper 11 în îs enîrey and or îs re-assurîng endorsemen a ‘ï woud no cange a word’. he Irs wo secîons o Caper 12 were presened as a paper a e Habîus 2000 Conerence a Curîn Unîversîy o Tecnoogy în Sepember 2000 and pubîsed în e proceedîngs. he îrd secîon o Caper 3 was presened a e ‘ïmagîng Naure’ Conerence on Crade Mounaîn în Tasmanîa în June 2004. ï am graeu o îbby eser or gîvîng me e opporunîy o do so. Eary versîons o some oer pars o îs book were presened a Curîn Unîversîy o Tecnoogy, bo în e Scoo o Communîcaîon and Cuura Sudîes and în e Researc ïnsîue or Cuura Herîage, and a Edî Cowan Unîversîy, bo în e Scoo o Communîcaîons and Muîmedîa (now Ars) and în e Cenre or Ecosysem Managemen. ï am graeu o a ose coeagues and sudens wo made crîîca commens over e pas weny or so years, especîay Caerîne Bece-Maîson or poînîng ou e dîicuîes wî undersandîng an earîer presenaîon o e ‘wo paradîgms’ în Fîgure 2. ï ope ï ave now ceary presened îs se o dîsîncîons. Davîd McKîe, Jon Kînsea, ïan Saunders and Warwîck Mues a read e manuscrîp and made vauabe commens and suggesîons or wîc ï am graeu, as ï am or e conînued rîendsîp and suppor o my curren coeagues în e Scoo o Communîcaîons and Ars a Edî Cowan Unîversîy. An anonymous reeree or ïneec Books made a number o epu commens and suggesîons o wîc ï ave responded and or wîc ï am graeu. ï am aso graeu or some Inancîa suppor rom e Cenre or Researc, Eneraînmen, Ars, Tecnoogy, Educaîon and Communîcaîons (CREATEC) a ECU a assîsed wî markeîng and pubîcîy.

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Preface: From Sustainability to Symbiosis

eveopîng a beer reaîonsîp beween umans and e ear, peope and pace, cuure and naure îs vîa or ryîng o acîeve envîronmena susaînabîîy în e ony D împîes separaîon beween umans and e ear, bu aso a reaîonsîp o masery age o cîmae cange and naîona dîsasers. Ye e concep o e envîronmen no over, and ensavîng o, e ear. By e ear ï mean ambîguousy bo soî and e pane. To be more precîse, ï am reerrîng o e pane as (pary) soî and as (woy) îvîng (no a ump o dead maer orbîîng în space). A maser-save reaîonsîp beween umans and e ear îs ardy susaînabe, especîay î susaînabîîy îs deIned sîmpy as ‘enoug or a orever’, and î ‘a’ încudes a creaures o e ear, no jus umans. he save, by deInîîon, does no ave enoug. Ensavemen akes ose wo ad enoug and makes em e propery o ose wo ad enoug, bu end up wî more by vîrue (or more precîsey, vîce) o avîng saves – wo ends up wî ess an enoug. Raer an envîronmena susaînabîîy, a more înîmae and recîproca reaîonsîp o muuaîy wî e ear means provîdîng enoug or a, încudîng umans and oer creaures on e ear, and e ear îse, orever. Socîa jusîce enaîs muuaîy wî e ear, and vîce versa, were e socîa îs e communîy o a beîngs. Muuaîy wî e ear învoves wa îs book cas bîo- and psyco-symbîoîc îveîoods în bîoregîona ome-abîas o e îvîng ear. One o e mos poweru ways în wîc masery over e ear îs exercîsed îs vîa e dîscourses o naure. ï deIne dîscourses as însîuîonaîzed ways o seeîng, sayîng and doîng. Dîscourses o naure încude: ‘e envîronmen’ a separaes a subjec rom îs envîrons, and produces a maser-save reaîonsîp beween em; naura îsory a objecîIes naure în axonomîc grîds, and ses up a subjec-objec reaîonsîp beween naura îsorîan and naure; resource exracîon a sadîsîcay akes good îngs rom naure în e orm o commodîîes and reurns bad îngs o î în pouans and wases; scîenîIc ecoogy a coonîzes naure and reegaes e macînaîons o e ear-ouseod o a secuded emînîne spere; poîîca economy a reas naure as a common source o ree goods; naure aeseîcs (beauy, pîcuresqueness and subîmîy) a aeseîcîzes naure în e surace o andscape and a vaourîzes e sense o sîg and denîgraes e oers; monumenaîsm and sancuarîsm a preserve bîs o naure în naîona parks or wîderness zones, and expoî e res; and resource exracîon a commodîIes naure werever î can everywere.