objects

Expected Papers

• Ignacio Farias1
• Paula Ungar and Roger Strand2

Introductory considerations

The “object” part of the theme

What are the objects of EM? What makes environmental entities an object?

Does the natural environment (both animate and inanimate) consist of passive matter? Or is it lively, vibrant and vital (Dobson 2011)? What are the implications of perceiving things as passive objects?

• 1. Farias, Ignacio. "Re-cognizing Tsunamis: The Cosmopolitics of Tsunami Warning Systems (and Failures)." Workshop "How do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of environmental management", 2012.
• 2. Ungar, Paula, and Roger Strand. "Protected Area Management and Pertinent Knowledge: What does Management Mean and Which Knowledge is Pertinent? A case study in the Colombian Amazon." Workshop "How do you manage? Unravelling the situated practice of environmental management", 2012.