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Nature in Translation: Japanese Tourism Encounters the Canadian Rockies
Duke University Press
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ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7560-9
Publication date:
2015
Book Chapter
The Allure of Ecology
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Published:June 2015
Ecological integrity is central to the ecosystem management plan of Banff National Park. It is the key term marking the shift from human-centered to ecosystem-centered environmental protection strategies. The notion held a strong allure for the Japanese tour guides, who saw it as a form of knowledge that transcended their cultural framework and promised inclusion in a broader cosmopolitan community. Thus, they were complicit in constructing ecological science as universal knowledge that downplayed the importance of understanding the specific philosophical and epistemological traditions that have shaped the scientific knowledge. The Japanese guides’ complicit construction of ecology as universal language suggests...
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