Aims & Scope
Increasing to 3 issues in 2009!
Nature and Culture is a forum for the international community of scholars and practitioners to present, discuss, and evaluate critical issues and themes related to the historical and contemporary relationships that societies, civilizations, empires, regions, nation-states have with Nature. The journal contains a serious interpolation of theory, methodology, criticism, and concrete observation forming the basis of this discussion.
The mission of the journal is to move beyond specialized disciplinary enclaves and mind-sets toward broader syntheses that encompass time, space and structures in understanding the Nature-Culture relationship. The Journal will furthermore provide an outlet for the identification of knowledge gaps in our understanding of this relationship.
Nature and Culture receives financial support for its editorial operations from the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig. www.ufz.de/ (English version)
The Editors and Editorial Board will consider new topics and authors should not be restricted by those listed below. Current themes are as follows:
- Cultural Reactions and Conceptions of Nature;
- Degradation and Restoration of Environment;
- Ecological Time; and
- Ecological Futures.
Forthcoming Articles
Nature and Culture Vol. 4, No. 2, 2009
Perspectives
Climate Research and Climate Change: Reconsidering Social Science Perspectives
Jobst Conrad
Liam Leonard
Articles
The Greening of White Separatism: Use of Environmental Themes to Elaborate and Legitimize Extremist Discourse
Tamara L. Mix
Structural and Ideological Determinants of Household Waste Recycling: Results from an Empirical Study in Cologne, Germany
Henning Best
Traditional Tillage Systems as Drought Adaptation Strategies of Smallholder Farmers: The Case of Semi-Arid Central Tanzania
Riziki S. Shemdoe, Idris S. Kikula, and Patrick van Damme
Review Essay
The Political Economy of Environmental Justice: Evidence on Global and Local Scales
Horst-Dietrich Elvers
Subjects: Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Studies
