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Rewilding Vietnam: conservation values and the production of nature(s) in the Anthropocene
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THACH, HOANG MAI. Rewilding Vietnam: conservation values and the production of nature(s) in the Anthropocene. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-g82s-5y97

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TitleRewilding Vietnam: conservation values and the production of nature(s) in the Anthropocene
NameTHACH, HOANG MAI (author); MCELWEE, PAMELA (chair); MCELWEE, PAMELA D. (member); SCHNEIDER, LAURA C. (member); GHERTNER, D. ASHER (member); GILLEN, JAMIE (member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2023
Other Date2023-10 (degree)
SubjectGeography, Cultural anthropology, Philosophy of science, Anthropocene, Conservation Science Theory, Cultural and environmental anthropology, Environmental values, Human geographies of nature(s), Inclusivity rewilding & nature conservation
Extent300 pages : illustrations
DescriptionThe concept of rewilding nature resonates across a wide range of scholars and scholarship, and the multiple versions of rewilding reveal flexible boundaries of values of natures, making geography a perfect field for exploring its fluidity and the porous space of plural values in rewilding concepts and theory. In response to the challenge of endeavors to theorize rewilding in social science with a scarcity of explicit data about the diverse values held by people that motivate rewilding acts, especially in the Global South, this dissertation explores the multiple meanings of rewilding through an examination of species reintroductions and other practices of animal release in Vietnam. To fill knowledge gaps and strengthen the theorization of rewilding as a flexible boundary concept, this research on rewilding nature in Vietnam provides novel field data on diverse rewilding projects in Southeast Asia, and addresses four major questions: What is (species) rewilding in Vietnam?, What drives rewilding in Vietnam?, How does rewilding change peoples’ relationships with nature and their values?, and How do Vietnamese approaches to rewilding challenge or alter international norms or conservation practices? To find pluralism of values in rewilding Vietnam, I define rewilding generally as any activity to release animals into environments, no matter the aim of the activity (for humans’ sakes or for nonhumans’ sakes or for both). Deploying an inclusivity conservation approach, this research illustrates the spectrum of plural values in rewilding and wildlife conservation in Vietnam and establishes novel insights for a political ecology of rewilding, including how multiple values producing natures in multiple forms contributes to the incomplete theorization of rewilding in social science at global scales.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-g82s-5y97
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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