Restorative counter-spacing for academic sustainability.

Jones, David R.

Abstract

By combining pertinent theories from environmental psychology and human geography, this article proposes a socio-spatial framework of principles, which could be used by academic actors, to reflexively embody and critically enact a bio-cultural connection. It contributes to an emerging line of research, which explores the importance of deepening attachments to local natural settings. By reflecting on an auto-ethnographic, personal account of a Whale Watching experience and indicative international university initiatives such as the Oberlin Project in the United States and the University in a Garden in Malaysia, the article illustrates these principles as both an institutional and an individual signpost for academic sustainability.

Citation

JONES, D.R. 2014. Restorative counter-spacing for academic sustainability. Organization and environment [online], 27(3), pages 297-314. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026614545088

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 6, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Aug 6, 2014
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: May 18, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 18, 2015
• Journal: Organization and environment
• Print ISSN: 1086-0266
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-7417
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 297-314
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026614545088
• Keywords: Sustainability; Space; Heterotopia; Attention restorative theory; Academic; University; Biocultural; Campus
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1197