Nature and Culture
Aims & Scope
Editors: Sing C. Chew, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ and Humboldt State University and Matthias Gross, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
NC is now indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences (CC/S&BS) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)!
Nature and Culture is a forum for the international community of scholars and practitioners to present, discuss, and evaluate critical issues and themes related to the historical and contemporary relationships that societies, civilizations, empires, regions, nation-states have with Nature. The journal contains a serious interpolation of theory, methodology, criticism, and concrete observation forming the basis of this discussion.
The mission of the journal is to move beyond specialized disciplinary enclaves and mind-sets toward broader syntheses that encompass time, space and structures in understanding the Nature-Culture relationship. The Journal will furthermore provide an outlet for the identification of knowledge gaps in our understanding of this relationship.
Nature and Culture receives financial support for its editorial operations from the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig. www.ufz.de/ (English version)
The Editors and Editorial Board will consider new topics and authors should not be restricted by those listed below. Current themes are as follows:
- Cultural Reactions and Conceptions of Nature
- Degradation and Restoration of Environment
- Ecological Time
- Ecological Futures
Forthcoming Issue
Nature and Culture Vol. 7, No. 2, 2012
Special Symposium on “Postnormal Science: The Case of Climate Research”
Introduction: Postnormal Science and Climate Research
Werner Krauss, Mike S. Schäfer, and Hans von Storch
The Significance of the Hamburg Workshop: PNS and the Maturing of Science
Jerry Ravetz
Between Tribalism and Trust: The IPCC under the Public Microscope
Silke Beck
Uncertainty and Dissent in Climate Risk Assessment: A Post-normal Perspective
Jeroen van der Sluijs
Post-normal Science in a German Landscape
Roger Pielke Jr.
Post-normal Practices between Climate Service and Local Knowledge
Werner Krauss and Hans von Storch
Subjects: Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Studies