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Sensing, feeling, thinking: Relating to nature with the body, heart and mind

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Title Sensing, feeling, thinking: Relating to nature with the body, heart and mind
 
Creator Pramova, E.
Locatelli, B.
Valdivia-Díaz, M.
Vallet, A.
Quispe Conde, Y.
Djoudi, H.
Colloff, M.J.
Bousquet, F.
Tassin, J.
Munera Roldan, C.
 
Subject ecosystem services
ecosystem management
qualitative analysis
 
Description The cultural ecosystem services (CES) construct has evolved to accommodate multiple worldviews, knowledge systems and conceptualizations of nature and values, including relational and mental health values. Cultural ecosystem services research and practice has mostly focused on cognitive ways of constructing and expressing intangible values of, and relationships with, nature. But our non-material relationships with nature are not exclusively cognitive: sensory and affective processes are fundamental to how we build, enact and experience these relationships. Building on the core ideas of relational values, embodied experiences and connectedness with nature, we present a simple framework to explore the sensory, affective and cognitive dimensions of human–nature interactions, as well as the settings and activities that frame them. We demonstrate its use in a case study in the Peruvian Andes, where we applied an inductive, exploratory approach to elicit personal imageries and imaginings related to nature, place and recreation. The narratives shared were rich with symbolism and personal sensory experiences, emotions and memories, which the interviewees linked with general assertions about people, place and nature. We discuss the usefulness of such a perspective for CES research, and for human well-being, environmental justice and landscape management.
 
Date 2021-11-29
2021-12-01T05:19:15Z
2021-12-01T05:19:15Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Pramova, E., Locatelli, B., Valdivia-Díaz, M., Vallet, A., Quispe Conde, Y., Djoudi, H., Colloff, M.J., Bousquet, F., Tassin, J.. Munera Roldan, C. 2021. Sensing, feeling, thinking: Relating to nature with the body, heart and mind. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10286
2575-8314
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116424
https://www.cifor.org/library/8310
https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10286
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Source People and Nature