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Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Philosophies, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 87 (2024)
Distinctive for its pungent and oftentimes rotten odor, the thorny fruit of durian (Durio spp.) is considered a delicacy throughout Asia. Despite its burgeoning global recognition, durian remains a fruit of contradiction—desirable to some yet repul
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/77718f9c26bd4633a03059e63b38b5a5
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 1-32 (2021)
This article outlines current developments in the Environmental Humanities, abbreviated as EH, that underscore its diversity and timeliness as scholars from manifold disciplines turn progressively more to human-nature issues in the Anthropocene epoch
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https://doaj.org/article/3c1639d24e7f4c13bdefd62101311de2
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Humanities, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 938-957 (2015)
Based in oral traditions and song cycles, contemporary Aboriginal Australian poetry is full of allusions to the environment. Not merely a physical backdrop for human activities, the ancient Aboriginal landscape is a nexus of ecological, spiritual, ma
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https://doaj.org/article/4d1d68c308bf436aa1cb4f6e7f0e81df
Autor:
Julia Gross, John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Publications, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 65-88 (2015)
It is widely known now that scholarly communication is in crisis, resting on an academic publishing model that is unsustainable. One response to this crisis has been the emergence of Open Access (OA) publishing, bringing scholarly literature out from
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https://doaj.org/article/d377df67045d4f43bf278dd8c7b8a222
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Humanities, Vol 3, Iss 4, Pp 624-644 (2014)
This article develops a reciprocity ethics of the environment through a discussion of ethnobotanical medicines used in the treatment of cancer. The moral virtue of reciprocity, defined as the returning of good when good is received or anticipated, is
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/02b25cf75b4047049f0aed2cbd5344fb
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Humanities, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 99-118 (2013)
Written narratives enable humans to appreciate the natural world in aesthetic terms. Firstly, narratives can galvanize for the reader a sense for another person’s experience of nature through the aesthetic representation of that experience in langu
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/80b780de12184d09a45d0d4aab586925
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Arts, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 13-38 (2012)
Botanical illustration combines scientific knowledge and artistic technique. However, whereas illustrated botanical images record static visual qualities, such as form and color, written botanical narratives supply crucial sensory, ecological, histor
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6cffacdaf56247b88ed828151c565a30
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Societies, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 101-121 (2012)
Plants have been—and, for reasons of human sustenance and creative inspiration, will continue to be—centrally important to societies globally. Yet, plants—including herbs, shrubs, and trees—are commonly characterized in Western thought as pas
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/6c6c1ce81bd34b1b8798a6b36d713481
Autor:
John Charles Ryan
Publikováno v:
Humanities, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 80-103 (2012)
Originally theorized as a radical environmental movement, bioregionalism connects humanity to the specificities of a place. To establish greater cohesion between environments and cultures, bioregionalism endeavors to integrate societal activities and
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https://doaj.org/article/cecf9eba63304f2abb35474f1f81c1fe
The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in the emerging field of Plant Studies. The volume is the first of its kind to bring together a dynamic body of scholarship that shares a critique of long