Ecosemiotic Landscape - A Novel Perspective for the Toolbox of Environmental Humanities

The distinction between humans and the natural world is an artefact and more a matter of linguistic communication than a conceptual separation. This Element proposes ecosemiotics as an epistemological tool to better understand the relationship between human and natural processes.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Environmental complexity: an ecosemiotic vision; 3. Environmental uncertainty: contrasting strategies and species adaptation; 4. Information theory and meaning; 5. The role of ecology in the ecosemiotic arena; 6. Landscape dimension: some relevant characteristics of landscape; 7. Resources: a general theory; 8. An ecosemiotic approach to landscape description and interpretation: from zoosemiotics to an eco-field model; 9. Fundamentals of ecoacoustics: a new quantitative contribution to the ecosemiotic narrative; 10. Cultural landscapes.

Riassunto

The distinction between humans and the natural world is an artefact and more a matter of linguistic communication than a conceptual separation. This Element proposes ecosemiotics as an epistemological tool to better understand the relationship between human and natural processes.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Almo Farina, Farina Almo
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108819374
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81937-4
• Pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Environmental Humanities; Elements in Environmental Huma
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; History, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Society and culture: general, Environmentalist thought and ideology