| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The South Korean DMZ region -- A note about Romanization and translation -- Introduction -- 1. In the meantime of division -- 2. Ponds -- 3. Birds -- 4. Landmines -- Epilogue: De/militarized ecologies |
| Summary |
"The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been off-limits to human habitation for nearly 70 years, and in that time, biodiverse forms of life have flourished in and around the DMZ, as beneficiaries of an unresolved war. In Making Peace with Nature Eleana J. Kim shows how a closer examination of the DMZ area in South Korea reveals that the area's biodiversity is inseparable from scientific practices and geopolitical, capitalist, and ecological dynamics. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with ecologists, scientists, and local residents, Kim focuses on irrigation ponds, migratory bird flyways, and land mines in the South Korean DMZ area, demonstrating how human and nonhuman ecologies interact and transform in spaces defined by war and militarization. In so doing, Kim reframes peace away from a human-oriented political or economic peace and toward a more-than-human, biological peace. Such a biological peace recognizes the reality of war while pointing to potential new forms of human and nonhuman relations."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea)
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Ecology -- Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea)
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Biodiversity conservation -- Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea)
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Environmental aspects
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NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Biodiversity conservation
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Ecology
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Human ecology
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| SUBJECT |
Korean Demilitarized Zone (Korea) -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Korea -- Korean Demilitarized Zone
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781478022961 |
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1478022965 |
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