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Making the Environmental Humanities Consequential in “The Age of Consequences”The Potential of Global Environmental Assessments

Making the Environmental Humanities Consequential in “The Age of Consequences”The Potential of... This article suggests that global environmental assessments (GEAs) may be a potent means for making the environmental humanities more consequential outside universities. So far most GEAs have been led by geoscientists, with mainstream social science in support. However, there is no reason why the concept of assessment cannot be elasticated to include the concerns of interpretive social science and the humanities. Building on the forty-year history and authority of GEAs as a means to bridging the gap between the research world and the wider world, this article identifies the potential that reformatted assessments hold for more impactful work by environmental humanists. It suggests some next steps for rethinking the means and ends of assessment toward a new paradigm that bridges geoscience, mainstream social science, and humanistic thinking about the nonhuman world. This paradigm would explore the human dimensions of environmental change fully. The timing is propitious: independently GEAs are undergoing change at the very moment that the “What next?” question is being asked by many environmental humanists. This article is intended to inspire debate and, ultimately, action. It both makes the case for more humanistic GEAs and offers examples of potential work packages. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Humanities Duke University Press

Making the Environmental Humanities Consequential in “The Age of Consequences”The Potential of Global Environmental Assessments

Castree, Noel
Environmental Humanities , Volume 13 (2) – Nov 1, 2021
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Abstract

This article suggests that global environmental assessments (GEAs) may be a potent means for making the environmental humanities more consequential outside universities. So far most GEAs have been led by geoscientists, with mainstream social science in support. However, there is no reason why the concept of assessment cannot be elasticated to include the concerns of interpretive social science and the humanities. Building on the forty-year history and authority of GEAs as a means to bridging the gap between the research world and the wider world, this article identifies the potential that reformatted assessments hold for more impactful work by environmental humanists. It suggests some next steps for rethinking the means and ends of assessment toward a new paradigm that bridges geoscience, mainstream social science, and humanistic thinking about the nonhuman world. This paradigm would explore the human dimensions of environmental change fully. The timing is propitious: independently GEAs are undergoing change at the very moment that the “What next?” question is being asked by many environmental humanists. This article is intended to inspire debate and, ultimately, action. It both makes the case for more humanistic GEAs and offers examples of potential work packages.

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Environmental Humanities – Duke University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2021

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    Adamson, Joni
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    Adamson, Joni Hartman, Steven
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    Castree, Noel
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    Castree, Noel Bellamy, Rob Osaka, Shannon
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    Edenhofer, Ottmar Kowarsch, Martin
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    Garrard, Greg Heise, Ursula K. Christensen, Jon Niemann, Michelle
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    Heise, Ursula K. Heise, Ursula K. Christensen, Jon Niemann, Michelle
  • Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action
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  • Climate Change Studies and the Human Sciences
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  • The Future of Global Environmental Assessment Making
    Kowarsch, Martin Flachsland, Christian Jabbour, Jason Garard, Jennifer Riousset, Pauline
  • Scientific Assessments to Facilitate Deliberative Policy Learning
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  • Solution-Oriented Global Environmental Assessments: Opportunities and Challenges
    Kowarsch, Martin Jabbour, Jason
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    Lee, Hoesung
  • The Humanities after the Anthropocene
    LeMenager, Stephanie Heise, Ursula K. Christensen, Jon Niemann, Michelle
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    Lenton, Tim Rockström, Johan Gaffney, Owen Rahmstorf, Stefan Richardson, Katherine Steffen, Will Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim
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    McLaren, Duncan Nils, Markusson
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    Neimanis, Astrida Åsberg, Cecilia Hedrén, and Johan
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    Nightingale, Andrea J. Eriksen, Siri Taylor, Marcus Forsyth, Timothy Pelling, Mark Newsham, Andrew Boyd, Emily, et al
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    Oppermann, Serpil Serenella, Iovino Oppermann, Serpil Serenella, Iovino
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    Palsson, Gisli Szerszynski, Bronislaw Sörlin, Sverker Marks, John Avril, Bernard Crumley, Carole Hackmann, Heide, et al
  • Valuing Nature’s Contributions to People: The IPBES Approach
    Pascual, Unai Balvanera, Patricia Dıaz, Sandra Pataki, Gyorgy Roth, Eva Stenseke, Marie Watson, Robert, et al
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  • Environmental Humanities and Climate Change
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  • The Politics of Global Assessments
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