Environment and Behavior Studies
| Autor: | Irwin Altman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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| Zdroj: | Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research ISBN: 9781489902887 Environment and Behavior Studies |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4899-0286-3_29 |
| Popis: | This chapter raises the question as to whether the now 25-year-old venture known as environment-behavior studies is or can ever be a distinctive “field” of study. In analyzing this issue, I will conclude that environment-behavior studies do not presently constitute a traditional “field” or “discipline.” However, this does not mean that scholars and practitioners who have devoted themselves to years of environment-behavior work have wasted their time nor should it discourage newcomers from investing their energies in this topic. There is much exciting work to be done and there are enormous opportunities for practical and conceptual creativity. Most important, I will argue that status as a “field” or “discipline” is ultimately less important than understanding who we are, why we do what we do, and the connections or gaps between scholars and practitioners adopting diverse perspectives. That is, if we are to make progress in understanding the richness of environment-behavior phenomena, we must come face-to-face with some fundamental philosophical assumptions about our research and action. To date we have not done so and this has resulted in rather disjointed, noncumulative, and somewhat incoherent bodies of knowledge, approaches to understanding, and conceptualizations about environment-behavior phenomena. |
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