Praxis Poster Why does theory matter? My work focused on the Oregon Forest Practices Act through the exploration of the Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study (HCPWS) and the role of Roseburg Forest Products (RFP) in Douglas County. Although it is not completely obvious on my poster, what I have learned in environmental theory has helped […]
Auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Welcome, welcome one and all. You have arrived at my final post for Environmental Theory. Are you surprised that you’ve made it? I’m surprised that I did. The readings and lectures are over, so what have we learned class? Latour’s last Gifford lecture left something to be desired, as I’m sure it was intended to. […]
Pulling the Bunny out of the Hat
Here’s a sentence I never expected I would say: I’m really enjoying and even understanding parts of the Latour’s Gifford lectures. Of all of the lectures that we have covered so far, lecture five, War of Humans and Earthbound, has been my favorite. I’m not sure if this is because I have a better understanding […]
Douglas County Antics
After visiting Douglas County is it very clear that the Hinkle Creek study that I am focusing my praxis project around is quite controversial. This last weekend ENVS 350 headed on down to Roseburg once again to spend some quality time with Gardner in the museum and meet with Ken Carloni and Jim Long, two […]
Thoughts on Theory
I’m trying to take a step back and am starting to understand the theoretical background of my thesis topic. I do not know if it is the classes I am taking or the professors I have but I am being nudged, more like shoved, in the direction of Bruno Latour. In Environmental Theory we are […]