10 Questions
What is the primary goal of the environmental humanities?
To address pressing environmental problems through humanistic questions
When did the field of environmental humanities consolidate under its current name?
Around 2010
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the environmental humanities?
Focus on natural sciences
What is the name of the journal founded in 2012 that indicates the development of the field of environmental humanities?
Environmental Humanities
Which of the following is NOT a sub-discipline of the environmental humanities?
Biology
What is a key feature of the environmental humanities' approach to environmental problems?
Synthesizing methods from different fields
What do environmental humanities aim to bridge?
The divide between the sciences and the humanities
When did a group of Australian researchers use the name 'ecological humanities' to describe their work?
1990s
What is the name of the journal founded in 2014 that indicates the development of the field of environmental humanities?
Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities
Why is the environmental humanities field important?
Because it shows how environmental problems are entangled in human questions of justice, labor, and politics
Study Notes
Definition and Scope of Environmental Humanities
- Environmental humanities is an interdisciplinary area of research that draws on various environmental sub-disciplines in the humanities.
- It employs humanistic questions about meaning, culture, values, ethics, and responsibilities to address pressing environmental problems.
Goals of Environmental Humanities
- To bridge traditional divides between the sciences and the humanities.
- To bridge Western, Eastern, and Indigenous ways of relating to the natural world and humans' place within it.
- To resist the traditional divide between "nature" and "culture" and show how environmental issues are entangled with human questions of justice, labor, and politics.
Methodology of Environmental Humanities
- Synthesizes methods from different fields to create new ways of thinking through environmental problems.
Emergence of Environmental Humanities
- The concepts and ideas underpinning environmental humanities date back centuries.
- The field consolidated under the name "environmental humanities" in the 2000s.
- Steady developments occurred in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in humanities and social science fields like literature, history, philosophy, gender studies, and anthropology.
- Australian researchers used the term "ecological humanities" in the 1990s.
- The field consolidated under the name "environmental humanities" around 2010.
Key Milestones
- The journal Environmental Humanities was founded in 2012.
- Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities was founded in 2014.
This quiz explores the interdisciplinary area of research that combines environmental sub-disciplines from the humanities, including literature, philosophy, history, and anthropology. It examines the humanistic questions about meaning, culture, values, ethics, and responsibility.
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