Knowing Nature: conversations at the Intersection of political ecology and science studies

Politicizing environmental explanations: what can political ecology learn from sociology and philosophy of science? / Tim Forsyth

Debating the science of using marine turtles: boundary work among species experts / Lisa M. Campbell

Technobiological imaginaries: how do systems biologists know nature? / Joan H. Fujimura

Agency, structuredness, and the protection of knowledge within intersecting processes / Peter J. Taylor

Fermentation, rot, and other human-microbial performances / Mrill Ingram

Ferricrete, forests, and temporal scale in the production of colonial science in Africa / Chris Duvall

"We don't harvest animals; we kill them": agricultural metaphors and the politics of wildlife management in the Yukon / Paul Nadasdy

Political violence and scientific forestry: emergencies, insurgencies, and counterinsurgencies in southeast Asia / Peter Vandergeest and Nancy Lee Peluso

Spacial-geographic models of water scarcity and supply in irrigation engineering and management: Bolivia, 1952-2009 / Karl S. Zimmer

The politics of connectivity across human-occupied landscapes: corridors near Nairobi National Park, Kenya / Mara J. Goldman

Rooted networks, webs of relation, and the power of situated science: bringing the models back down to earth in Zambrana / Dianne Rocheleau

Circulating science, incompletely regulating commodities: governing from a distance in transitional agro-food networks / Ryan E. Galt

Reclaiming the technological imagination: water, power, and place in India / Roopali Phadke

Circulating knowledge, constructing expertise / Rebecca Lave

Experiments as "performances": interpreting farmers' soil fertility management practices in western Kenya / Joshua J. Ramisch.

Introduction

Mara J. Goldman and Matthew D. Turner; Part 1. Production of Environmental Knowledge: Scientists, Complex Natures, and the Question of Agency; Introduction

Matthew D. Turner; 1. Politicizing Environmental Explanations: What Can Political Ecology Learn from Sociology and Philosophy of Science?

Tim Forsyth; 2. Debating the Science of Using Marine Turtles: Boundary Work among Species Experts

Lisa M. Campbell; 3. Technobiological Imaginaries: How Do Systems Biologists Know Nature?

Joan H. Fujimura.

4. Agency, Structuredness, and the Production of Knowledge within Intersecting Processes

Peter J. Taylor5. Fermentation, Rot, and Other Human- Microbial Performances

Mrill Ingram; 6. Ferricrete, Forests, and Temporal Scale in the Production of Colonial Science in Africa

Chris Duvall; Part 2. Application of Environmental Knowledge: The Politics of Constructing Society/Nature; Introduction

Paul Nadasdy; 7. "We Don't Harvest Animals; We Kill Them": Agricultural Metaphors and the Politics of Wildlife Management in the Yukon

Paul Nadasdy.

8. Political Violence and Scientific Forestry: Emergencies, Insurgencies, and Counterinsurgencies in Southeast Asia

Peter Vandergeest and Nancy LeePeluso9. Spatial-Geographic Models of Water Scarcity and Supply in Irrigation Engineering and Management: Bolivia, 1952-2009

Karl S. Zimmerer; 10. The Politics of Connectivity across Human-Occupied Landscapes: Corridors near Nairobi National Park, Kenya

Mara J. Goldman; Part 3. Circulation of Environmental Knowledge: Networks, Expertise, and Science in Practice; Introduction

Mara J. Goldman.

11. Rooted Networks, Webs of Relation, and the Power of Situated Science: Bringing the Models Back Down to Earth in Zambrana

Dianne Rocheleau12. Circulating Science, Incompletely Regulating Commodities: Governing from a Distance in Transnational Agro-Food Networks

Ryan E. Galt; 13. Reclaiming the Technological Imagination: Water, Power, and Place in India

Roopali Phadke; 14. Circulating Knowledge, Constructing Expertise

Rebecca Lave; 15. Experiments as "Performances": Interpreting Farmers' Soil Fertility Management Practices in Western Kenya

Joshua J. Ramisch.

Conclusion

Matthew D. TurnerReferences; List of Contributors; Index.