Community participation in habitat mapping : learning through the emergence of an eelgrass stewardship network
| dc.contributor.author | Boyer, Leanna | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Roth, Wolff-Michael | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Canessa, Rosaline Regan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-09-09T21:54:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-09-09T21:54:32Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2006 | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-09-09T21:54:32Z | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores learning in and through the emergence of a network of communities who participated in the B.C. Coastal Eelgrass Stewardship Project (the Project). I draw on a two-year ethnographic investigation of 20 community groups who were trained to map and monitor eelgrass habitat and carry out education and stewardship-related activities. People from a multitude of backgrounds, including scientists and non-scientists, and a diversity of places, from small coastal communities to urban centers, worked towards the collective goal of mapping and conserving the extent of eelgrass habitat along the coast. Using cultural-historical activity theory, I develop an alternative framework for understanding learning and change in a network of communities. The collection of three main chapters, shows that learning, emergence, and stabilization of the network arose through the following dialectical relations: individual/collective, social/material, and agency/structure. This thesis shows that viewing and supporting the Project as a dynamic learning network makes it more stable. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1745 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en |
| dc.subject | conservation | en |
| dc.subject | marine resources | en |
| dc.subject | citizen participation | en |
| dc.subject | British Columbia | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Education::Science--Study and teaching | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology::Oceanography | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Earth and Ocean Sciences::Environmental sciences | en |
| dc.title | Community participation in habitat mapping : learning through the emergence of an eelgrass stewardship network | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |