Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts
About this ebook
This volume addresses the need in sustainability science to recognize the deep and diverse cultural histories that define environmental politics. It brings together scholars from cultural studies, anthropology, literature, law, behavioral science, urban studies, design, and development to argue that it is no longer possible to talk about sustainability in general without thinking through the contexts of research and action. These contributors are joined by artists whose public-facing work provides a mobile platform to conduct research at the edges of performance, knowledge production, and socio-ecological infrastructures.
Situating Sustainability calls for a truly transdisciplinary research that is guided by the humanities and social sciences in collaboration with local actors informed by histories of place. Designed for students, scholars, and interested readers, the volume introduces the conceptual practices that inform the leading edge of engaged research in sustainability.
About the author
C. Parker Krieg teaches Exploratory and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He held a postdoctoral fellowship in environmental humanities at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and HELSUS, and recently taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the School of Global Integrative Studies. His research focuses on contemporary American literature and culture, environmental justice, and cultural memory. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-
Reetta Toivanen is a professor in Sustainability Science (Indigenous sustainabilities) at the Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and a docent in social and cultural anthropology at the University of Helsinki (Finland). She serves as vice director at the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives, University of Helsinki. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-
