Tag: Forum

The call by Alf Hornborg for a better consideration of the human dimension in the public discussion of global environmental change, networks of production and consumption, and structures of knowledge and power is a welcome contribution to e…

A defining feature of an anthropological perspective is that it acknowledges the importance of cultural specificity. As Marshall Sahlins (1976:170) succinctly put it: ‘no object, no thing, has being or movement in human society except by th…

It is widely held that a new image of the world—a colour photograph of the planet Earth rising beyond the shadow of the moon, as captured by a pair of American astronauts on the Apollo 8 mission of 1968—was one of the most influential force…

Scientific research and public debate on biodiversity loss (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment 2005), climate change (IPCC 2007), and other environmental issues have led to a renewed discussion of what needs to be done about the place of humans…