Nature and Culture
Aims & Scope
Editors: Sing C. Chew, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and Humboldt State University and Matthias Gross, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
NC is now indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences (CC/S&BS) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)!
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
- Ecological Futures
Forthcoming Issue
Nature and Culture Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012
Perspectives
Belief in Sasa: Its Implications for Flora and Fauna Conservation in Ghana
Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye
Defining Urban Sustainability in the Context of North American Cities
Michael J. Lorr
How Culture Shapes Nature: Reflections on Ecomuseum Practices
Nunzia Borrelli and Peter Davis
Articles
The Emergence of Enlightened Anthropocentrism in Ecological Restoration
Jozef Keulartz
Old Philosophy, New Movement: The Rise of the Islamic Ecological Paradigm in the Discourse of Environmentalism
Saidul Islam
The Developmental State in Ecological Modernization and the Politics of Environmental Framings: The Case of Singapore and Implications for East Asia
Catherine Mei Ling Wong
Acknowledgement
Subjects: Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Studies