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Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand Author: Friederike Gesing

ISBN: 9783837634464 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 350 Published: 1 October 2016 Country of Publication: AT Dimensions (cm): 22.6 x 14.7 x 2.3 Description: This rich ethnography analyzes coastal protection as a sociomaterial practice. Coastal protection, Friederike Gesing argues, co-produces natural and cultural orders. In the context of the Aotearoa New Zealand coast, the book follows the emergence of a new sociotechnical imaginary: coastal management working "with nature" - and not against it. Analysis of a seawall controversy and different coastal protection projects shows how "soft" protection slowly takes hold. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists engage in different practices of making coastal nature-cultures: dune restoration as do-it-yourself erosion control, reconstructing native nature, or soft engineering in concert with natural processes. 

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