The Bear Is Innocent!” Nature 2.0 and its Coexistence with Humans Cover Image
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„Мечката е невинна!“ Природа 2.0 и съжителството ѝ с човека
The Bear Is Innocent!” Nature 2.0 and its Coexistence with Humans

Author(s): Svetoslava Toncheva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, Media studies, Geography, Regional studies, Energy and Environmental Studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Environmental Geography, Applied Geography, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Civil Society, Governance, Communication studies, Sociology, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Environmental and Energy policy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Adult Education, Applied Sociology, Evaluation research, Social development, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Human Ecology, Rural and urban sociology, Social Informatics, Sociobiology, Sociology of Culture, Economic development, Environmental interactions, Social Norms / Social Control, Globalization, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Law, Identity of Collectives, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: nature and coexistence 2.0; web 2.0; nature conservation; human-brown bear interactions; Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the question of how the concepts of nature and coexistence 2.0 have been constructed in the web 2.0 space, as well as their importance for conservation policy and decision making regarding human-nature coexistence. The object of analysis is the widely known case of a human-brown bear conflict that occurred near the town of Belitsa, municipality f Razlog, which initiated heated debates in the web 2.0 space in the context of the “innocence” of the brown bear. The analysis of the discussions falls within popular discourse of “re-connection” and “living in harmony” with nature constructed by global environmental agencies, as well as within the novel calls and proposals for coexistence between humans and nature. The article concludes that the construction of nature and coexistence 2.0 appears to serve conservation goals, but foregrounds their paradox of re-connecting with nature yet living at a distance from it.

  • Issue Year: L/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 215-230
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian
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