Full metadata
Title
Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action
Description
Human preferences, practices and actions are the main drivers of global environmental change in the 21st century. It is crucial, therefore, to promote pro-environmental behavior. In order to accomplish this, we need to move beyond rational choice and behavioral decision theories, which do not capture the full range of commitments, assumptions, imaginaries, and belief systems that drive those preferences and actions. Humanities disciplines, such as philosophy, history, religious studies, gender studies, language and literary studies, psychology, and pedagogics do offer deep insights into human motivations, values, and choices. We believe that the expertise of such fields for transforming human preferences, practices and actions is ignored at society’s peril. We propose an agenda that focuses global humanities research on stepping up to the challenges of planetary environmental change. We have established Environmental Humanities Observatories through which to observe, explore and enact the crucial ways humanistic disciplines may help us understand and engage with global ecological problems by providing insight into human action, perceptions, and motivation. We present this Manifesto as an invitation for others to join the “Humanities for the Environment” open global consortium of humanities observatories as we continue to develop a shared research agenda.
Date Created
2015-12-21
Contributors
- Holm, Poul (Author)
- Adamson, Joni (Author)
- Huang, Hsinya (Author)
- Kirdan, Lars (Author)
- Kitch, Sally (Author)
- McCalman, Iain (Author)
- Ogude, James (Author)
- Ronan, Marisa (Author)
- Scott, Dominic (Author)
- Thompson, Kirill Ole (Author)
- Travis, Charles (Author)
- Wehner, Kirsten (Author)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Contributor)
- Department of English (Contributor)
- School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
- Institute for Humanities Research (Contributor)
- School of Social Transformation (Contributor)
- Women and Gender Studies (Contributor)
Resource Type
Extent
16 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Identifier
Digital object identifier: 10.3390/h4040977
Identifier Type
International standard serial number
Identifier Value
2076-0787
Series
HUMANITIES
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44838
Preferred Citation
Holm, P., Adamson, J., Huang, H., Kirdan, L., Kitch, S., Mccalman, I., . . . Wehner, K. (2015). Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action. Humanities, 4(4), 977-992. doi:10.3390/h4040977
Level of coding
minimal
Cataloging Standards
Note
The final version of this article, as published in Humanities, can be viewed online at: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/4/4/977
System Created
- 2017-07-13 05:08:51
System Modified
- 2021-08-16 02:23:30
- 3 years 1 month ago
Additional Formats