Unruly Complexity Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement

Name: Unruly Complexity Ecology, Interpretation, Engagement
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ISBN: 9780226790367

ISBN-10: 0226790363

ISBN-13: 9780226790367

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter J. Taylor

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'Unruly Complexity' makes a strong case that if research is to be successfully implemented in the public discourse, researchers and the public alike must consider the larger web of interactions that influences how scientific knowledge is created and used.

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue



Modeling Ecological Complexity



Problems of Boundedness in Modeling Ecological Systems



The Construction of Complexity



The Hidden Complexity of Simple Models



Open Sites in Model Building



Interpreting Ecological Modelers in Their Complex Social Context



Metaphors and Allegory in the Origins of Systems Ecology



Social-Personal-Scientific Correlations in the Work of H. T. Odum: A First Reading



Another Look: Diagrams and Physical Analogies



Reconstructing Heterogeneous Webs in Socio-Environmental Research



The Simulated Future of a Salt-Affected Agricultural Region



An Intersection of Domains of Action that Include MIT, USAID, System Dynamics Modelers, and Nomadic Pastoralists



Engaging Reflexively Within Ecological, Scientific, and Social Complexity



Reflecting on Researchers' Diverse Resources



Further Intersections that Affect Researchers and Interpreters Extending Their Webs



Workshops in which Ecologists Map Their Webs of Knowledge-Making



Two Terms that Help Researchers Conceptualize More Complexity



Reasoned Understandings and Social Change in Research on Common Resources: Introducing a Framework to Keep Tensions Active, Productive, and Ever-Present



Researchers Conduct a Dialogue, Involving Concepts and Evidence, with the Situations Studied



Socially Situated Researchers Interact with Other Social Agents to Establish What Counts as Knowledge



Researchers Pursue Social Change by Addressing Self-Consciously the Complexities of the Situations They Study and Their Own Social Situadness


Epilogue: Three Stories



Participation



Flexible Engagement



Open Questions Summary of Themes and Questions Opened Up


Glossary


Notes


References


Index