GEOG-1026EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Adelaide Zoo, Terra Nullius, Bill Mckibben
2 Aug 2020
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Michael watts on drought in northern nigeria. Two claims about nature: we can divide the world into nature and society/culture dualism, the one thing that is not natural is nature (soper, 1995) Most human geographers these days would agree with soper. Bill mckibben argues no such thing as nature nowhere on earth has not been affected. Thinking of nature we think of a biophysical reality that exists independently of words, concepts & terms we use. The one things that"s not natural is nature kate soper (1995: different societies conceptualize nature in different ways e. g. hunter gathers. The nature of geography: since inception geog. has been an integrative discipline integrating nature and society. Late 19th century geog. was a naturalistic discipline: natural phenomena = objects of study also used to explain non-natural phenomena, 2 central ideas in early geog and nature was central to both: Technocentric" research how best to conserve resources for present & future human needs.
