Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Knowledge-Discourse-Practice Nexus of Ecological Restoration: Integrating Diversities

matthew turneren - chu wengyan - chu威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校博士论文研究：生态恢复的知识-话语-实践联系：整合多样性在哲学和实践的基础上，生态恢复作为一个主题，询问和评估人们对自然的观念和人类在管理自然世界中的预期作用。生态修复的特别之处在于，人们的意图是通过实践来明确表达的。通过追踪知识、话语和实践之间的相互关系，生态恢复提供了一个独特的机会来检查自然观念和重建自然的一个方面的实践之间的联系。本研究将探讨人的位置性如何影响生态修复的解释和实践。三种类型的参与者是研究的重点：生态科学家、专业从业者和普通公众。本研究旨在探讨人们的知识背景、他们对自然的话语建构以及他们进行修复活动的具体实践之间的相互联系。随着公众参与修复工程的趋势，生态修复提供了一个机会来检验关于生态修复的各种知识诉求以及拥有不同知识的社会行动者之间的权力动态。该研究将采用比较案例研究的方法来研究两个中西部城市的一系列修复项目：威斯康星州的麦迪逊和密歇根州的安娜堡。它将整合定性和定量研究方法的结果，包括参与者观察、半结构化访谈、焦点小组讨论、出版物分析和问卷调查。本研究还将确定各种行动者群体之间的潜在冲突和整合空间。在这个环境意识日益增强的时代，公众参与已成为自然资源管理的重要组成部分。虽然通过志愿者项目，当地人有机会参与环境管理，但很少有研究涉及专家和非专业志愿者之间的权力动态。该研究旨在为通常代表性不足的公众提供一个参与对话过程的渠道，并更好地告知项目经理如何将不同的观点纳入修复项目。这项研究的总体目标是促进专家和非专业志愿者之间的相互交流，使他们既能为修复项目做出贡献，又能培养长期的互惠互动。鉴于生态恢复处于构建自然实践的前沿，本研究的结果可以帮助促进环境管理中的反思性行动。

BCS-0802627Matthew TurnerYen-Chu WengUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Doctoral Dissertation Research: The knowledge-discourse-practice nexus of ecological restoration: integrating diversities On both philosophical and practical grounds, ecological restoration serves as a subject for interrogating and evaluating people's ideas of nature and the expected role of humans in managing the natural world. What is particular about ecological restoration is that people's intentions are explicitly expressed through its practices. By tracing the reciprocity among knowledge, discourse, and practice, ecological restoration provides a unique opportunity to examine the connections between ideas of nature and the practices of reconstructing an aspect of nature. This research will investigate the ways in which people's positionality influence how ecological restoration is interpreted and practiced. Three types of actors are the foci of the research: ecological scientists, professional practitioners, and the general public. The research aims to investigate the interconnections between people's knowledge background, their discursive construction of nature, and their concrete practices in conducting restoration activities. With the recent trend in involving the general public in restoration projects, ecological restoration provides an opportunity to examine the various knowledge claims about ecological restoration and the power dynamics among social actors possessing different kinds of knowledge. The research will take a comparative case-study approach to study a range of restoration projects in two Midwestern cities: Madison, Wisconsin and Ann Arbor, Michigan. It will integrate results from both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including participant observation, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, publication analyses, and questionnaire surveys. This research will also identify potential conflicts and spaces for integration among the various actor groups.In this era of rising environmental awareness, public participation has become a crucial component of natural resource management. Although through volunteer programs local people have the chance to participate in environmental management, little research has addressed the power dynamics between the experts and lay volunteers. The research aims to provide a channel for the often underrepresented general public to get involved in the dialogue processes as well as to better inform the project managers of how to integrate the diverse viewpoints into restoration projects. The overall objective of the research is to foster mutual communications between experts and lay volunteers so that they can both contribute to restoration projects and cultivate long-term reciprocal interactions. Given that ecological restoration is at the forefront of the practice of constructing nature, findings from this research can help promote reflexive actions in environmental management in general.