scholarly journals Decentering of Anthropocentric Interactions and Restructuring of Ecocentric Dialogues in the Interdependence between Man and Nature through Fantasy and Fictional Narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 128-140
Author(s):  
Silpa Krishnan V S ◽  
Priyanka Tresa Paul
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Environmental Thought ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Cultural Ecological ◽  
Positivist Approach

Since the onset of industrialization around the year 1800, along with its growing dependence on fossil fuels, have moved us from the Holocene era and into what is now being called the Anthropocene era. Much of the meaning attributed to the human- nature interaction is anthropocentric and this has resulted in causing a disturbing dialogue between nature and man. Many authors have tried to reform anthropocentric signs into the nature-centric sign to convey environmentalist themes and signify the natural environment as independent, culturally complex, and worthy of humanity’s respect. The paper aims to elaborate on the applicability of eco semiotics in literary analysis, especially in regards to fantasy and fictional literature. With the help of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, the 2016 animation film Moana, and the 2009 sci-fi film Avatar, this paper will examine the literature concerning eco semiotics(natural symbols and their interpretation across cultural-ecological boundaries) in an effort to provide an alternative to the positivist approach inherent in much contemporary environmental thought that has contributed to the present environmental crisis (Verhagen, 2008).

Flow and Performance Characteristics of a Double-Blade Hydrofoil

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 7218-7222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahir Yavuza ◽  
Birol Kilkis ◽  
Emre Koc ◽  
Ozgur Erol
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Operational Effectiveness ◽  
Hydrokinetic Turbines ◽  
The World ◽  
And Performance

While our planet is rapidly approaching an environmental crisis under the dominant use of depleting fossil fuels, the need for exploiting all forms of new, small carbon foot-print, renewable, and clean energy resources are increasing in the same proportion. Therefore, the need for exploring all types of clean energy resources that the world has- some of which might have not attracted sufficient attention before- is essential in order to implement sufficient, efficient, and widely use all them. In this respect, operational effectiveness of the wind and hydrokinetic turbines depend on the performance of the airfoils chosen. Using double-blade airfoils in the wind and hydrokinetic turbines, minimum wind and hydrokinetic flow velocities to produce meaningful and practical mechanical power reduces to 3- 4 m /s for wind turbines and 1-1.5 m/s or less for hydrokinetic turbines. Consequently, double-blade hydrofoils may re-define the potentials of wind power and hydrokinetic power of the countries in positive manner.

scholarly journals Communication through Performance: Hausa Performance Art

1970 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-81
Author(s):  
R Lawal
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Performance Art ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
World View ◽  
Signalling System ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Performance Arts ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Universal Themes

The human voice is a natural instrument with a natural capability. Thus, speech with the aid of performance and music has been combined since earliest times to communicate valuable insights into human nature and universal themes of life. Such themes include life, death, good and evil. This paper examined performance as a signalling system in communication and how it is deployed by a creative artist. Furthermore, the paper also examined Hausa performance arts. It was discovered that just like in any other nation or community, Hausa performances reflect the socio-geographical experiences of the Hausa people, their natural environment and how they express their world view and artistic aspirations.

scholarly journals ECOART THROUGH VARIOUS APPROACHES

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Martinus Dwi Marianto ◽  
Martinus Dwi Marianto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Ecological Values

This research was done as an effort to observe, write, and publicize  eco-activism and achievements by a number of eco-actors in the midst of an increasingly natural environmental crisis, to be used as stimuli and teaching materials for the course of  EcoArt. A number of artists practicing ecoartivism were purposively selected as a sample; their works and achievements are exposed. They are Endar Progresto, Widya Purwoko, Bernadeta Pudiasminarsih (Dyas Ecoprint), and Nasirun. These eco-activists not only work ecologically real, but also creatively communicate ecological values to surrounding communities to change. Nevertheless campaigning this environmental crisis for the better cannot be done partially, but must be jointly supported, organized and socialised continuously. For this reason, their works and achievements, as well as their individual ecoartivism need to be exposed, documented, and assembled as one unit as part of selected subjects of the EcoArt Course in the Fine Arts Department of the Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta, to generate  enthusiasm in articulating or representing ecological concerns for ecosystem sustainability and preservation of natural environment through Art.

Quranic Messages on Environmental Sustainability: an Expository Study of Its Relevance

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-59
Author(s):  
Asmawati Muhamad ◽  
Abdul Halim Syihab ◽  
Meguellati Achour
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Key Concepts

Abstract The contemporary discourse of environmental sustainability has many values embedded in the teachings of the Quran and Sunna. The general outlook of the Quranic paradigm on utilizing the natural environment is based on the prohibition of aggression and misuse, as well as being founded on ideas of construction and sustainability. Unfortunately, in the contemporary world the Muslim community fails to pay sufficient attention to the relevant instructions in the Quran and Sunna. Thus, this article attempts to expand on key concepts within the Quran and Sunna which reveal the most important values for environmental sustainability. The research methodology employed in this paper is an analytical study of a number of Quranic verses with a particular focus on tafsīr bi al-maʾṯūr (explanation based on hadith), tafsīr bi al-raʾyi (explanation based on reason), and historical narrative. In short, this paper brings to light the importance of relevant classical and contemporary Quran and Sunna studies for improving human-nature relations and coexistence.

scholarly journals Decolonial {R}evolution: Petrocracy and Geological Modernity from Detroit to Palestine and Back

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Mirzoeff
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Refugee Camp ◽  
Anthropogenic Climate Change ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Palestinian Refugee

This article explores what Grace Lee Boggs called {r}evolution—the horizontal construction of autonomous power from below by multiple subjects—in the context of anthropogenic climate change. This is a decolonial uprising from Haiti to Detroit against petrocracy, or the mutually reinforcing rule of fossil fuels and monotheism. I pursue a decolonial reading of the Holocene/Anthropocene geological epochs through an anarchaeological, visual, and discourse analysis of the excavations at Tell-es-Sultan, asserted to be the site of the biblical Jericho, to reconsider the “human.” The article interacts present-day, on-site conditions at the Palestinian refugee camp ‘Ein-as-Sultan with Kathleen Kenyon’s famous excavations (1952–1958), her discoveries and the museology associated with them, and the geopolitical and religious claims made for the site. I conclude by analyzing how “Detroit” is becoming the floating name for the non-continuous spaces of the displaced world, where displacement, drought, and counterinsurgency intermingle to deadly effect.

WHAT STATE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WILL WE LEAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS? REVIEW OF THE CAUSES OF THE CURRENT ECOLOGICAL CRISIS AND THE DEFINITION OF ECO-CRIMINOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
ALEKSANDRA NOWAK
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Global Population

The article provides an overview of the causes of the current environmental crisis, with three main sources being identifi ed: industrial development and large-scale agriculture, a rapidly growing global population, and environmental crime.The most serious environmental problems, such as global warming, air and soil pollution have also been characterised. The author briefl y charac-terises the defi nitions related to eco-criminology. The international commu-nity, governments, and NGOs are involved in improving the effectiveness of police cooperation in the fi ght against eco-crime, but it is still not effective enough.Environmental protection is currently one of the most important issues that humanity must address. The quality of our lives and maybe our surviv-al depend on it.

scholarly journals Globalization, Greed and Glocal Ecology: A Psychological Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Olena Khrushch
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Carpathian Mountains ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Entire Planet

Evidently, a globalized society causes global environmental crises. Undoubtedly, survival of human life on the planet Earth is threatened. Is there any connection between globalization, environmental crises and psychological manifestations? What are the psychological perspectives linking the ecological damages from local to the global scale? This article explores such intricate relationships and discusses the implications. The underlying principal cause is human’s unending greed to acquire maximum materials and power to control the planet and entire humanity. The greed is believed to be a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. The greedy people are supposed to have biological, psychological and sociological drives. Evidently, global destruction of the ecosystems and natural environment are directly or indirectly linked to unprecedented chronic human greed and self-indulgence. Undoubtedly, unencumbered chronic greed of a few elite institutions led by top capitalists has put the entire planet in havoc and infiltrated widespread sufferings at the global scale. Conclusively, psychological basis of environmental problems has a sociological and socio-historical scope within the frame of globalization. Psychological account of the environmental crisis is explained subsequently in this article followed by a case study of deforestation of Carpathian Mountains staged by a greedy Austrian man.

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