Practices in social ecological research: interdisciplinary collaboration in 'adaptive doing'

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Finding Ourselves in the Messy Entanglement of Complexity: An Introduction to the Challenges and Opportunities in Social Ecological Systems -- Context in Which We Write the Book -- Why This Book -- Approach Taken in the Book -- Who Is the Book for? -- Structure of the Book and the Function of Each Chapter -- References -- Chapter 2 Engaging with a Social Ecological System: The Swamp -- The Biophysical Setting -- The Social Setting -- Example Narratives About Tarerer/Kelly Swamp -- Scientists -- Farmers -- Artists -- The Gunditjmara -- References -- Chapter 3 A Critical Reflection on Social Ecological Research and Turning to Practice -- Embedded Assumptions in the Language of Social Ecological Systems Research -- Examples of the Difficulty with Language in Practice: Non-linearity -- Critical Reflection for Social Ecological Systems Research -- A New Chapter of Social Ecological Interdisciplinarity -- Bringing Critical Reflection to the Ordering of Knowledge -- Turning Away from the Assumption of Social and Ecological Determinism -- Structure and Function -- Attending to Time in Social Ecological Research -- Centring on Learning and Practice: Turning to an Epistemology of Practice -- References -- Chapter 4 Adaptive Doing: Reimagining Social Ecological Practice -- Adaptive Doing: a Process for Changing and Integrating Knowledge and Practice -- The Agora: a Deliberate Space for Creating Change in Understanding -- Navigating Adaptive Doing: Engaging Process in the Agora -- Phase A-Disrupting the Status Quo: Invoking the Agora -- Phase B-Engaging in the Agora: Critical Reflection and Discussion -- Phase C-Orienting to Understandings of a Shared Concern -- Three Reframing Tools for Fostering Critical Reflection -- Phase D-Returning to Practice: Embracing a Changed Perspective.