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Title: Pining for the present : ecological remembrance and healing in the Armidale State Forest
Related: Environmental philosophy, Vol. 9, Issue 1, (2012), p.109-126
Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Wright, Katherine
Description: The Armidale State Forest is a pine plantation at the edge of the Armidale city in New South Wales, Australia. In 2000 and 2007 large parts of the forest were destroyed in clear-felling operations. This sparked community outrage which led to the formation of advocacy groups who have begun to restore the forest despite its controversial position as a “conifer invader” in Eucalypt country. In this paper I focus on the way personal memories are embodied in the pine forms to challenge the native/invasive divide in Australian conservation discourse. I argue that the destruction of this devalued ecology caused a traumatic rupture to the Armidale communities’ connection to a forest which preserves their pasts. To heal this environmental and psychological damage, I propose a recuperative approach termed “ecological remembrance” that strives to repair severed connections between people and place.
Description: 18 page(s)
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies

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