Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies

The institutionalised land use planning system plays an important role in mediating our relationships with non-human nature. However, the dominant environmental discourses perpetuate a dualistic understanding of culture/nature, privileging scientific rationality over other ways of knowing, and human...

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Main Author: Scherini, Rebecca
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Published: Curtin University 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82745
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description The institutionalised land use planning system plays an important role in mediating our relationships with non-human nature. However, the dominant environmental discourses perpetuate a dualistic understanding of culture/nature, privileging scientific rationality over other ways of knowing, and humans over nature. Embodied research methodologies offer an alternative mode of knowledge production to those traditionally used within the system, allowing planning researchers a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the complexity of human relationships with non-human nature. In this paper I use examples from my honours thesis and PhD research to demonstrate the potential of embodied research methodologies for promoting more connected relationships to non-human nature.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-827452022-04-20T03:52:04Z Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies Scherini, Rebecca autoethnography sensory ethnography embodied research methodologies land use planning nature The institutionalised land use planning system plays an important role in mediating our relationships with non-human nature. However, the dominant environmental discourses perpetuate a dualistic understanding of culture/nature, privileging scientific rationality over other ways of knowing, and humans over nature. Embodied research methodologies offer an alternative mode of knowledge production to those traditionally used within the system, allowing planning researchers a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the complexity of human relationships with non-human nature. In this paper I use examples from my honours thesis and PhD research to demonstrate the potential of embodied research methodologies for promoting more connected relationships to non-human nature. 2014 Other http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82745 10.25917/60d3-8f22 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle autoethnography
sensory ethnography
embodied research methodologies
land use planning
nature
Scherini, Rebecca
Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title_full Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title_fullStr Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title_short Exploring Relationships with Non-human Nature in Planning: The Potential of Embodied Research Methodologies
title_sort exploring relationships with non-human nature in planning: the potential of embodied research methodologies
topic autoethnography
sensory ethnography
embodied research methodologies
land use planning
nature
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82745