Posthumanism or Ecohumanism? Environmental Studies in the Anthropocene

Zapf, Hubert

doi:10.33182/joe.v1i1.1743

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“…It is this static power dynamic that fuels anthropocentrism, which underpins tolerance and is a primary cause of species loss [44] and HWC [45]. Thus, without a societal movement to redefine humanism using an ecological framing [46], it is doubtful that humans can continue to exercise a permission form of tolerance of wildlife and expect to reverse these trends.…”

Section: Problem 2: Arbitrary Limits To Wildlife's Existencementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Tolerance: Mitigating Human–Wildlife Conflict with Hospitality

Serenari

2024

Animals

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Tolerance has become a central position in wildlife conservation thought, and a goal in and of itself. Appeals to tolerance are expected to grow as the planet becomes more crowded, species are lost, and habitat is degraded. The concept has been uncritically adopted in wildlife conservation to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs). However, scholars have demonstrated that tolerance is burdened with limitations, paradoxes, and shortcomings. Thus, blind adherence to it is not expected to produce a coexistence design necessary to sustain wildlife populations in the long term. This paper is a conceptual scoping project that engages a summary and critique of tolerance as a design principle within wildlife conservation governance. After introducing a resultant theory of dysfunctional human–wildlife coexistence, a pathway toward hospitality as a social institution is outlined via several commitments societies can make to transition to an era of normalizing a process of sincere welcoming, care, and support. The transition from tolerance to hospitality will entail shifting responsibility to humans to modify their behavior to help keep wildlife invisible where it is essential, learning about what wildlife want and need, and ensuring wildlife are not injured for being themselves.

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Section: Problem 2: Arbitrary Limits To Wildlife's Existencementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Tolerance: Mitigating Human–Wildlife Conflict with Hospitality

Serenari

2024

Animals

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“…The phrase, She gave us our humanity, so we might show humility, in my poem stresses that this transformation requires humbleness in accepting that not everything is evident through our senses -that there are unseen connections between actions and consequences. It requires rethinking "our identity in a human and more-thanhuman world" (Karpouzou & Zampaki, 2022, p. 1) and transitioning to an ecologically redefined humanism that overcomes the detrimental instrumentalization and objectification of nature and extends equality to non-human beings (Zapf, 2022). It also requires deep awareness of our own humanity -that the suffering of others, including dissimilar others, is emotionally disturbing, and it is in our true nature NOT to want to contribute to that suffering.…”

Section: Concluding Thoughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Her Parasites: A poetic ecospiritual perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic and nature's intelligence

Kolandai

2024

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In this transdisciplinary perspective, I present my initial ecospiritual thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic in a poem, titled Her Parasites. I identify with other thinkers â€“ both those in science and not â€“ who articulated ecophilosophical musings about the pandemic in various ways, some of whom were met with mockery and censure. In the hope that it will inspire openness and a sense of curiosity, I draw on metaphysical insights from Vedic treatises and the literature on environmental decline, zoonotic epidemiology, health science, animal agriculture, animal ethics, and animal sentience to explain my poemâ€™s philosophical and ecological framework. I focus on the scientific knowledge of epidemics caused by viruses that transcend species boundaries, why cross-species hopping occurs, and the nature (and incredible intelligence) of such viruses. I invite readers to consider ancient Vedic principles that articulate the rationale for living harmoniously with other sentient beings and entities. Considering the unseen metaphysical association between the pandemic and animal cruelty explained through the Vedic laws of KarmÄ, I present the possibility that one of the lessons Mother Earth might have wanted the Homo sapiens species to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is its need to alter its diet. I end with a discussion on the possibility and value of this change. The downplaying or denial of animal sentience (strategies to overcome the psychological discomfort of incongruence between loving animals and eating them, as described in social psychology), is a barrier to this change. However, observed through a Vedic lens, this cognitive dissonance suggests that the Homo sapiens species is innately humane, the realisation of which might hold the key to this dietary change.

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“…Profit is a function of the interaction of a myriad of variables, including environmental sustainability and social inclusion. These take into cognisance the human, non-human and more than human aspects (Zapf, 2022). The recognition of the impact of the environment and all in it directly affects the following, among others: Accounting information, including shareholders, managers, prospective investors, lending institutions, government, employees, regulatory agencies and researchers.…”

Section: Green Accounting Through the Post-humanist Lensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Sustainable Posthuman Accounting Learning Environments: The Case for Green Accounting in South Africa

Mahlomaholo,

Mahlomaholo

2024

REPAM

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The study aims to explore the infusion of Environmental Accounting, or Green Accounting or Sustainability Accounting, into Posthuman Accounting Learning Environments (PALE) that promote deep learning. Posthuman Accounting Learning Environments (PALE) refer to the teaching and learning of Accounting that recognises the contributions of both the human and non-human aspects in the processes of acquiring and disseminating Accounting knowledge; seemingly, such knowledge leads to the derivation of the final products such as the financial statements. The latter, in turn, constitute the final product of the Accounting processes, affecting Accounting information used by shareholders, managers, prospective investors, lending institutions, government, employees, regulatory agencies, and researchers, who attempt to make relevant decisions that impact the circular flow of resources in a country. To date, Environmental Accounting is neglected in all these. Thus, PALE’s significant impact on the social, economic, and environmental conditions is not appreciated or taught in our institutions. This paper demonstrates an urgent need to explore ecological knowledge and its contribution to the teaching and learning of Accounting, leading to the conclusion that the sustainability infused Accounting curriculum embodies the totality of all the teaching and learning experiences aimed at understanding, for example, the issues of cybersecurity, diversified Accounting skills, advanced marketing strategies and the knowledge to align Accounting with globalisation processes, which are the subject matter of the PALE, including the sustainability content, principles, pedagogic approaches, implicit and explicit norms, and values inherent in the sustainability learning and teaching process.

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Posthumanism or Ecohumanism? Environmental Studies in the Anthropocene

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Beyond Tolerance: Mitigating Human–Wildlife Conflict with Hospitality

Beyond Tolerance: Mitigating Human–Wildlife Conflict with Hospitality

Her Parasites: A poetic ecospiritual perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic and nature's intelligence

Creating Sustainable Posthuman Accounting Learning Environments: The Case for Green Accounting in South Africa

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