I Love Academic Snark!
Nov. 26th, 2014 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI love this article! After noting that a lot of restoration literature seems to think 'multidisciplinary' means more than one kind of hard science (as opposed to involving anyone in the humanities), the author writes:
"...there is a tendency for engineers and scientist to acknowledge the role of social factors in restorations in a way that suggests that these factors are neither essential nor pivotal to the project's success. For example, in an article reflecting on restoration research and practice, it was noted that social factors 'further complicate research and practice', presumably implying that there exists a type of restoration that takes place in a world *without* social factors.
Zing!
Sharon Moran, 2007: Stream Restoration Projects: A Critical Analysis of Urban Greening. Local Environment 12(2)
"...there is a tendency for engineers and scientist to acknowledge the role of social factors in restorations in a way that suggests that these factors are neither essential nor pivotal to the project's success. For example, in an article reflecting on restoration research and practice, it was noted that social factors 'further complicate research and practice', presumably implying that there exists a type of restoration that takes place in a world *without* social factors.
Zing!
Sharon Moran, 2007: Stream Restoration Projects: A Critical Analysis of Urban Greening. Local Environment 12(2)
