ENSC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Multidisciplinary Approach, Anthropocentrism, Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
31 Oct 2017
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Link perspective/paradigms/epistemologies to environmental issues, review complex interaction between population and technology and links to perspectives/paradigm/epistemologies, review on environmental issue that has been successfully addressed at the. Multidisciplinary approach: every society has its own idea of how science and technology should be used, need science (understand science/technology, need social science (includes population/behaviour) Will likely include a mix of current and alternate paradigms. E. g. indigenous approaches to sustainable living: goal of more sustainable/ecocentric society, use western knowledge but not be limited to it, other (cid:498)ways of knowing(cid:499) offer key alternatives: Historical roots of our ecological crisis white (1996: lin white nautre is for man"s use tries to disarm this, nature is for man"s use. Was trying to bend the rules to man with nature. In his paper, he does address alternatives: dominance of science and technology in western culture, mentions alternatives, even in christianity, not successful at his time, western/christian paradigm establishes separation of man & nature.
