Imaginative Geographies of Green: Difference, Postcoloniality, and Affect in Environmental Narratives in Contemporary Turkey.

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  • Author(s): Harris, Leila M. (AUTHOR)
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    Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Jul2014, Vol. 104 Issue 4, p801-815. 15p.
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    • Abstract:
      Analyzing everyday environmental imaginaries from contemporary Turkey through the lenses of postcolonial, emotional-affective, and nature–society geographies, this article offers insights into shifting nature–society relations and possibilities. Based on a series of interviews and focus groups conducted in four sites (Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakır, and Şanlıurfa), the concept of imaginative geographies of green is offered to highlight social and spatial differences as central to the articulation of green visions and movements. The research foregrounds several social and spatial gradients specific to the Turkish context, including east–west divides both within and beyond Turkey (i.e., Kurdish–Turkish and eastern–western Turkey, as well as notions of Turkishness and Europeanness). The work also suggests that environmental imaginaries have deeply emotional, ambivalent, and power-laden associations. Apart from the implications of the work for enriched understandings of emergent environmental possibilities in this context, the conclusion touches on ramifications for European Union accession debates as well as new directions for work on environmental citizenship and movements in the global south. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Con el análisis de los imaginarios ambientales cotidianos de la Turquía actual, a través de la óptica de las geografías poscoloniales, afectivo-emocionales y relacionales naturaleza-sociedad, este artículo se compenetra con la cambiantes relaciones y posibilidades de esa dualidad naturaleza-sociedad. Con base en una serie de grupos focales y entrevistas conducidas en cuatro sitios (Estambul, Ankara, Diyarbakir y ªanliurfa), se formula el concepto de geografías imaginativas de lo verde para resaltar las diferencias sociales y espaciales como elementos centrales para la articulación de visiones y movimientos verdes. La investigación destaca varios gradientes sociales y espaciales específicos del contexto turco, incluyendo las divisorias este-oeste, tanto dentro como fuera de Turquía (esto es, kurdo-turco y Turquía este-oeste, lo mismo que las nociones de turquidad y europeidad). También se sugiere en el trabajo que los imaginarios ambientales tienen asociaciones profundamente emocionales, ambivalentes y cargadas de poder. Además de las implicaciones que tiene el trabajo para enriquecer la comprensión de las posibilidades ambientales que emergen en este contexto, la conclusión incide sobre las ramificaciones que tiene para los debates de admisión a la Unión Europea, lo mismo que nuevas orientaciones para el trabajo sobre ciudadanía y movimientos ambientales en el sur global. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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