van Klinken, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-5537, Manda, S., Parsitau, D. et al. (1 more author) (2024) African ecologies: literary, cultural, and religious perspectives – introduction. Journal of the British Academy, 12 (1/2). a15. ISSN 2052-7217
Abstract
This article offers an introduction to the special section about the theme of ‘African Ecologies: Literature, Culture and Religion’. It explores the current interdisciplinary field of scholarship on ecology, environment, and climate change in Africa, mapping contributions from across the Humanities and the Social and Environmental Sciences. The article positions this special section in this ever-expanding body of literature, specifically deploying the notion of ‘African ecologies’ as a heuristic lens to examine how the relationship and interaction between living organisms, including humans, and the natural environment is conceived. It argues that social, cultural, literary, and religious ecology provide vital perspectives to enrich and expand the understanding of African ecologies, thereby expanding inventories of possibilities as climate change response pathways. (This article is published in the thematic collection ‘African ecologies: literary, cultural and religious perspectives’, edited by Adriaan van Klinken, Simon Manda, Damaris Parsitau and Abel Ugba.)
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The author(s) 2024. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). |
Keywords: | Africa, ecology, environment, climate change, religion, culture, literature |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2024 10:58 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2024 14:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | British Academy |
Identification Number: | 10.5871/jba/012.a15 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210678 |