Nature + Culture

Scope & Guideline

Advancing Interdisciplinary Insights on Nature and Culture

Introduction

Welcome to your portal for understanding Nature + Culture, featuring guidelines for its aims and scope. Our guidelines cover trending and emerging topics, identifying the forefront of research. Additionally, we track declining topics, offering insights into areas experiencing reduced scholarly attention. Key highlights include highly cited topics and recently published papers, curated within these guidelines to assist you in navigating influential academic dialogues.
LanguageEnglish
ISSN1558-6073
PublisherBERGHAHN JOURNALS
Support Open AccessNo
CountryUnited States
TypeJournal
Convergefrom 2008 to 2024
AbbreviationNAT CULT / Nat. Cult.
Frequency3 issues/year
Time To First Decision-
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Address20 JAY ST, SUITE 512, BROOKLYN, NY 11201

Aims and Scopes

Nature + Culture aims to explore the intricate relationships between human societies and the natural world, focusing on cultural practices, ecological systems, and the interplay between environmental issues and social dynamics.
  1. Interdisciplinary Research:
    The journal emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches that integrate insights from anthropology, sociology, ecology, and cultural studies to understand the complexities of nature-culture relationships.
  2. Environmental Justice and Ethics:
    A core focus is on environmental justice, examining how social inequalities influence environmental policies and practices, and advocating for ethical considerations in ecological decision-making.
  3. Cultural Perspectives on Nature:
    Nature + Culture explores diverse cultural interpretations of nature, including indigenous perspectives, and how these shape human interactions with the environment.
  4. Impact of Climate Change:
    The journal consistently addresses the multifaceted impacts of climate change on societies, ecosystems, and cultures, analyzing both local and global responses.
  5. Sustainable Practices and Innovations:
    Research on sustainable practices, including agricultural innovations and conservation strategies, is a significant area of interest, highlighting pathways to ecological resilience.
Recent publications in Nature + Culture indicate a shift towards addressing contemporary environmental challenges through innovative and integrative lenses, highlighting several emerging themes.
  1. Climate Activism and Advocacy:
    Recent articles focus on climate advocacy, examining social movements and their impact on policy-making, reflecting a growing urgency to address climate change through collective action.
  2. Gender and Environmental Issues:
    There is an increasing emphasis on gendered perspectives in environmental studies, exploring how gender influences experiences and responses to ecological crises.
  3. Urban Ecology and Social Change:
    Research on urban ecology is gaining attention, particularly in relation to how cities adapt to environmental challenges and the role of social networks in fostering ecological resilience.
  4. Posthumanism and New Ecologies:
    The exploration of posthumanist perspectives is emerging, challenging anthropocentric views and examining the agency of non-human actors in ecological contexts.
  5. Cultural Narratives in Environmental Discourse:
    A trend towards analyzing cultural narratives and storytelling as powerful tools for understanding and addressing environmental issues is becoming increasingly prominent.

Declining or Waning

While Nature + Culture has a broad range of interests, certain themes have seen a decline in prominence, reflecting shifts in research focus and emerging priorities in the field.
  1. Traditional Environmentalism:
    Research centered around traditional environmentalism, which often emphasizes conservation without considering social implications, appears to be waning in favor of more integrated approaches that consider socio-cultural dimensions.
  2. Static Nature-Culture Dichotomy:
    The simplistic binary view of nature versus culture is losing traction, as newer research emphasizes the fluid and interconnected nature of human and ecological systems.
  3. Historical Environmental Studies:
    There is a noticeable reduction in publications focused solely on historical environmental studies, as contemporary issues and urgent challenges take precedence in the discourse.
  4. Local vs. Global Dynamics:
    The emphasis on purely local environmental issues without consideration of global interconnections is decreasing, reflecting a growing recognition of global environmental interdependencies.

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