Researching Cities, Transforming Ecology. An investigation into urban ecology agendas
Céline Granjou
(1, 2, 3)
,
Joëlle Salomon Cavin
(4)
,
Valérie Boisvert
(4)
,
Maud Chalmandrier
(4)
,
Silvia Flaminio
(4)
,
Christian Kull
(4)
,
Marco Moretti
(5)
1
UR LESSEM -
Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne
2 IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
3 LISIS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés
4 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
5 Swiss Federal Research Institute
2 IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
3 LISIS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés
4 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
5 Swiss Federal Research Institute
Résumé
In the last two decades, new academic journals, textbooks, and research networks attest to ecologists’ rising interest in cities. How did ecologists come to enter cities and to view them as places worth studying? To what extent does this new interest launch a broader redefinition of the type of knowledge that matters in ecology? Drawing on the new political sociology of science, and using a review of publications in urban ecology, we argue that the politics of urban ecological knowledge does not merely correspond to the promotion of a new subfield of ecology dedicated to cities: it has launched instead a broader, contested redefinition of the goals, practices, and relevance of ecology as a whole. We unpack the tensions between a “city-driven agenda” aiming to integrate ecological science into the interdisciplinary field of urban sciences, and an “ecology-driven agenda” aiming to research cities as part of ecological discipline.
Domaines
Sciences de l'Homme et SociétéFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Researching Cities, Transforming Ecology. An investigation into urban ecology agendas
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Résumé |
en
In the last two decades, new academic journals, textbooks, and research networks attest to ecologists’ rising interest in cities. How did ecologists come to enter cities and to view them as places worth studying? To what extent does this new interest launch a broader redefinition of the type of knowledge that matters in ecology? Drawing on the new political sociology of science, and using a review of publications in urban ecology, we argue that the politics of urban ecological knowledge does not merely correspond to the promotion of a new subfield of ecology dedicated to cities: it has launched instead a broader, contested redefinition of the goals, practices, and relevance of ecology as a whole. We unpack the tensions between a “city-driven agenda” aiming to integrate ecological science into the interdisciplinary field of urban sciences, and an “ecology-driven agenda” aiming to research cities as part of ecological discipline.
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Auteur(s) |
Céline Granjou
1, 2, 3
, Joëlle Salomon Cavin
4
, Valérie Boisvert
4
, Maud Chalmandrier
4
, Silvia Flaminio
4
, Christian Kull
4
, Marco Moretti
5
1
UR LESSEM -
Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne
( 1002503 )
- 2 rue de la Papeterie-BP 76, F-38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères
- France
2
IRSTEA -
Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture
( 302049 )
- France
3
LISIS -
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés
( 414035 )
- Cité Descartes, Bâtiment Bois de l'Etang
5 bd Descartes
Champs-sur-Marne
77454 Marne-la-Vallée CEDEX 2
- France
4
UNIL -
Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
( 97916 )
- CH-1015 Lausanne
- Suisse
5
Swiss Federal Research Institute
( 300117 )
- Suisse
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2023-03
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Volume |
10
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Numéro |
2
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
|
Licence |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Page/Identifiant |
148-174
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Domaine(s) |
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Projet(s) ANR |
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Mots-clés |
en
Cities, Discipline, Ecology, Nature, Research agendas, Urban ecology
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DOI | 10.3167/nc.2023.180202 |
UT key WOS | 001023541300002 |
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