Corridoi di connessioni. Rinselvatichire l'ambiente, ripristinare relazioni

Zola, Lia Emilia

doi:10.4000/aam.4629

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“…The predatory insects, just like the pollinators, need pollen and nectar in order to feed themselves. Consequently, the most recent guidelines for viticulture suggest introducing flourishing plants in the vineyard; they also recommend for vines be planted close to small woods and fences, the so-called hallways of connection (Alberoni et al, 2021; Zola, 2021).…”

Section: A More Than Human Landscape: Soil Plants Bees Humansmentioning

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More Than Human Altitudes: Exploring Assemblages of Bees, Flowers, and People in the Italian Alps

Zola

2024

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal

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My paper wishes to delve into concepts such as assemblage and sympoiesis and examine them within the framework of my ethnographic fieldwork on beekeeping in the Western chain of the Italian Alps. I believe that the implications of notions such as sympoiesis and assemblage can be seen to surface in the context of beekeeping and bee culture, as they emerge as multispecies activities where everything and everyone involved can be regarded as a social actor. In this respect, the most relevant issues I would like to tackle are referred to knowledge production and know-how among beekeepers who keep their apiaries in the plains for most part of the year and move them to mountain areas for the summer.

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Section: A More Than Human Landscape: Soil Plants Bees Humansmentioning

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More Than Human Altitudes: Exploring Assemblages of Bees, Flowers, and People in the Italian Alps

Zola

2024

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal

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“…Abigail Dumes, studying Lyme-endemic areas in the United States, introduces the concept of biome-subjectivity to capture the complex relationship between humans, parasites, and the environment: pesticides enter into this network of relationships in an attempt to respond to and reduce the perception of rising environmental risk [36]. Similarly, Zola explores the efforts of beekeepers in Italy to reintroduce herbs and spontaneous plants to support bees in landscapes affected by monocultures and pesticide use [37]. Pesticides are also a factor in the relationship that links humans to the environment, but while in the first case, they are a tool to create a more accessible space for human activity, in the second, they are a detrimental factor that should be removed to allow more profitable business.…”

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Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

Fusar Poli,

Fontefrancesco

2024

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The article provides a narrative review of the social and cultural interpretation of pesticides in contemporary society. In so doing, it highlights the main fields of exploration investigated by social scientists concerning the perception and role played by these products among farmers and consumers. Following the WHO definition, pesticides are chemical compounds used to kill pests, including insects, rodents, fungi, and unwanted plants. They are contemporary cultural artefacts that social sciences explore in synergy with other disciplines to highlight their socio-cultural connections at both local and global levels. Specifically, the use of these products is connected with power relations, which are embedded in and reflect imbalances and inequalities in access to rights and resources, as well as specific articulation of the perception of risk arising from environmental contamination in terms of individual and collective psychophysical health. Furthermore, pesticides fit into various environmental conceptions and multiple local knowledge systems, representing the intersection of different cultural heritages, worldviews, and rationales that make the tradition–modernity dichotomy complex and dynamic. In this respect, therefore, pesticides can be understood not just as mere tools for agricultural practice but as vital windows through which to investigate multiple layers of meaning to support transitions towards sustainable pest management systems, both environmentally and socio-culturally.

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Corridoi di connessioni. Rinselvatichire l'ambiente, ripristinare relazioni

Cited by 2 publications

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More Than Human Altitudes: Exploring Assemblages of Bees, Flowers, and People in the Italian Alps

More Than Human Altitudes: Exploring Assemblages of Bees, Flowers, and People in the Italian Alps

Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

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