Rethinking the Land Ethic: Sustainability and the Humanities

FAIN: EH-50248-10

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85281-3670)
Dan Shilling (Project Director: March 2010 to April 2016)
Joan McGregor (Co Project Director: March 2010 to April 2016)

Funding details:
Original grant (2010) $197,882.00
Supplement (2010) ($41.75)
Supplement (2011) $9,924.00

A four-week institute for twenty-five college and university faculty to examine the concept of sustainability from the perspectives of humanities disciplines.

"Reframing the Land Ethic: The Humanities & Sustainability," sponsored by ASU’s Institute for Humanities Research, is a four-week institute that brings an interdisciplinary focus to a popular but little understood topic: sustainability. Held in Flagstaff in partnership with NAU, the project builds on a 2009 NEH institute on Aldo Leopold, a founding voice of environmental ethics. Some scholars find the seeds of sustainability in his Land Ethic, which celebrates humanistic inquiry alongside conservation. "Reframing the Land Ethic" argues that at root sustainability is a humanistic concept. As taught and practiced, however, the perspectives of history, philosophy and other disciplines are often neglected in favor of science alone. For faculty the institute includes some of the most respected scholars who teach and research sustainability and the humanities. The institute does not advocate; rather it provides cultural contexts to help professors design curricula and conduct research.

Associated Products

Toward a More Livable World: Social Dimensions of Sustainability (Book)
Title: Toward a More Livable World: Social Dimensions of Sustainability
Editor: Jerry Williams
Editor: William Forbes
Abstract: This anthology includes twenty-two essays that explore the cultural elements of sustainability, a concept that is too often considered only from scientific and technical perspectives. The book examines the history of sustainability, the ways in which cultural change and human dimensions relate to the topic, how the humanities can help communities become more sustainable, and the ways in which the economics of sustainability are informed by cultural expressions.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/title/toward-a-more-livable-world-social-dimensions-of-sustainability/oclc/768792427&referer=brief_results
Publisher: Stephen F. Austin State University
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9781936205608
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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