Ecology Of Societies Research Articles

Discursos científicos sobre la restauración ecológica en México

La restauración ecológica se considera actualmente una actividad prioritaria ante la crisis ambiental global. A pesar de la importancia otorgada a las narrativas científicas en el desarrollo de este campo ambiental, hasta ahora se ha dejado de lado el análisis de las construcciones de restauración ecológica que se pueden encontrar dentro de éstas. En este texto se analiza la construcción de nociones de restauración ecológica que circulan dentro de la comunidad científica mexicana desde la perspectiva de los estudios sociales de la ciencia a partir del análisis de discursos científicos. Los hallazgos del estudio muestran que las nociones de restauración ecológica identificadas son el resultado de articular diferentes formas de entender la naturaleza, las sociedades humanas y las relaciones entre ellas, con el fin de adjudicar un papel a la ecología en el seno de la sociedad en tanto actor que orienta la construcción de dichas relaciones; particularmente, a partir de las formas como se valora y concibe a la naturaleza. Fortalecer la legitimidad y autoridad epistémica de la ecología a la luz de la crisis ambiental es parte de este proceso.

Hösleovo povećalo: modeliranje ekološke budućnosti ljudskoga društva

Vittorio Hosle faced a population of Moscow students, contemporaries of the USSR collapse in 1990. He was expected to discuss the process of designing and achieving environmental sustainability, not only within the immediate socio-political context of his audience, but also within the context of a global reshaping of existing development patterns. In the paper Hosle's template of understanding and proposing solutions for the ecological crisis is transposed into a broader historical and social context and continuity, especially one that chronologically followed his Moscow lectures. The purpose of this article is to assess and evaluate the quality and relevance of Hosle's template considering the realistic circumstances of social development and the application of environment protection principles. The selected framework is developed through the following thematic options: historical and social conditioning of ecological crisis; ethical framework of society affected by ecological crisis; conditioning system of economy and ecology in society affected by ecological crisis; and political circumstances and consequences of ecological crisis. The goal is to follow and analyze what has happened after Hosle's 'Philosophy of Ecological Crisis' and whether this is consistent with his reasoning. The conclusion is that Hosle's template is confirmed as fully applicable, credible and relevant.

The Three Ecologies in Minakata Kumagusu’s Environmental Movement

This article introduces an environmental movement in Japan in the early 20th century, when the country was going through the process of rapid modernization. The movement, generally known as the Anti-Amalgamation of Shrines Movement, was carried out by Minakata Kumagusu, an encyclopedic naturalist. The author translates several excerpts from Minakata’s letter, which was addressed to a professor of botany, into English and explicates the opinions stated there in terms of the three ecologies: the ecology of biology, the ecology of society, and the ecology of mind. Minakata’s scientific knowledge of biotic factors in the densely forested Kumano region where he lived, his extensive understanding of the folklore-imagination rooted in the land, and his Buddhistic insight into the universe are closely interconnected to support his passionate appeal to save the forest from devastation.