Caring for Cinderella—Perceptions and experiences of peatland restoration in Scotland

[摘要] 1. In this paper, we look at people's engagement with peatlands and peatlandrestoration in Scotland through the lens of care. Care is an elementary aspect ofhow we relate to each other and the world around us.2. Our results highlight the importance of personal experiences and relationshipsand embodied learning in fostering and defining care.3. The results also point to difficult questions about what it means to care well andthe factors influencing people's capacity to care. While focusing on care thus doesnot automatically resolve or overcome conflicts or barriers, it acknowledges thateven those that have different views may care and it can help legitimize emotionaland personal experiences and attachments.4. Our study also showed that uncertainty and lack of knowledge can open up spacesof opportunity if they are openly acknowledged, for example, through appropriate structures (e.g. in the form of flexible funding schemes) which allow for theco-creation of knowledge and caring practices between experts, lay people andnon-human others through experimental practices, experiences and reflection.5. Given the accelerating and severe changes currently happening in the biosphere,a focus on care seems more important than ever before.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] care;nature connections;nature perceptions;peatbogs