Abstract:
Supporting sustainability requires understanding human-nature relations, which we approached as social constructions that can be studied through nature-related discourses. We examined human-nature relations in Finland by combining approaches from environmental social sciences and arts-based research into a mixed-methods design. A public online survey (n = 726) and post-performance audience interviews (n = 71) portrayed nature positively. Respondents\' ideas of nature ranged from natural scientific to philosophical; from dualistic to holistic; and from ecocentric to anthropocentric. A factor analysis revealed discourses focusing on wellbeing, conservation, ecoanxiety, pro-environmentalism, outdoor activity, and enjoying nature. Interviews added spiritual and over-generational aspects and revealed the importance of embodied experiences in nature relations. We identified dimensions that structure the relations, including human-nature positionality, engagement and contact with nature, and conception and thought. The emotional and experiential aspects, and nature-related practices, deserve further research. We demonstrate how a diversity of human-nature relations co-exists and co-evolves.
摘要:
支持可持续性需要理解人与自然的关系,我们将其视为可以通过与自然相关的话语进行研究的社会结构。我们通过将环境社会科学和基于艺术的研究方法结合到混合方法设计中来研究芬兰的人性关系。一项公开的在线调查(n=726)和演出后的观众访谈(n=71)积极地描绘了自然。受访者的自然观念从自然科学到哲学,从二元到整体,从生态中心到人类中心。因素分析揭示了专注于幸福的话语,养护,生态焦虑,支持环保主义,户外活动,享受大自然。访谈增加了精神和世代相传的方面,并揭示了在自然关系中体现经验的重要性。我们确定了构成关系的维度,包括人性的定位,与大自然的接触和接触,概念和思想。情感和体验方面,和自然相关的做法,值得进一步研究。我们展示了人与自然关系的多样性如何共存和共同发展。