عنوان

The case of close encounters with London Zoo's penguins :

شماره

TLets810220

عنوان اصلي

The case of close encounters with London Zoo's penguins :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Verbeke, Monae

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

a sociocultural analysis of the construction of environmental perspectives

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Warwick

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2015

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

2015

متن يادداشت

This thesis explores the construction and negotiation of zoos as spaces for public engagement with the environment, forming part of the field of science communication and environmental sociology. In addressing how social interactions in human-animal encounters serve to act as a facilitation mechanism, this research analyses how cultural change in environmental science occurs. A case study is presented of penguin encounter participants at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), analysing visitor performance and cultural representations of zoos. The research explores how social interactions unfold in the zoological space by investigating the sociocultural ways through which visitors direct and enhance their personal and co-visitors' meaning making. Ten participant performances were analysed in the context of joint encounters. Their performances were further analysed through their personal attitudes, as well as the sociocultural and institutional context of each encounter. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered using questionnaires, observations and document analysis. Two patterns of discourse have been identified: the negotiation of environmental experts and engagement with environment through understandings of risk. From each of these themes, key points in the experiences were used in the construction of the Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM) of expertise and risk. The TEM uses individual cases to develop a clear understanding of the penguin encounters role in broader science communication practices. Ultimately, this research details how participant interactions with individual animals can encourage zoo visitors to build ex-situ species level environmental concern.

موضوع مستند نشده

HM Sociology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

University of Warwick

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Warwick

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y