A wilderness experience occur when one perceive phenomena in the wilderness. It is important to keep in mind that achieving a globally agreed-upon definition for wilderness is difficult, and may not even be entirely necessary. However, a common definition of wilderness is an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. It is an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community. Wilderness leaves no place for human beings, save perhaps as contemplative sojourners enjoying their leisurely reverie in God’s natural cathedral. Some well known wilderness areas are tropical rainforest, tropical woodlands, savannas and grasslands, wetlands, deserts, temperate forests, high latitude wilderness
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Bruno Latour manifests that humans are “all members of the Parliament of things”- life a community. He highlights that science, society, and elements of nature are interconnected. Latour wants to view the relationship between society and nature not as a “theory”, but as a “practice”6. By considering that society, science, and the environment are all interconnected, the wilderness is an experience as it is a part of everyone’s life. Aldo Leopold also proposes a similar idea through a land ethic. The land ethic “ simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.” Similarly to Bruno Latour, Aldo Leopold also advocates for society to become a part of something much bigger than themselves and become a part of a larger community. By expanding human responsibility which involves the land, nature becomes an experience as humans become a part of it. Therefore, Bruno Latour and Aldo Leopold shows that nature is an experiences by indicating that society and the environment are …show more content…
William Cronon postulates that the American “wilderness” that exist now is entirely invented and constructed. He implies that the wilderness is not an experience because society views it as it is not a part of humanity, but rather as a romanticized idea. For instance, in order to create an “uninhabited wilderness” they had to remove the Native Americans who peacefully lived there which shows the artificial means of the wilderness.8 By separating ourselves from the wilderness, society is unable to experience the wilderness and puts wilderness in a pedestal which makes it more of a concept. It is one thing to be a part of the wilderness and experience it, it is another being separate and simply admiring it the idea of it. Cronon states that humans “live in an urban-industrial civilization, but at the same time pretend… that [their] real home is in the wilderness.”8 Further idealizing the wilderness means not idealizing the place where people actually lives. Wilderness is not an experience because humans most likely live in an urban-industrial civilization, yet they call the wilderness their home. Furthermore, Cronon uses the comparison of the tree in someone's backyard and the tree found in the wilderness. He questions if they are any different, and why is the tree from the forest more significant than
Bruno Latour manifests that humans are “all members of the Parliament of things”- life a community. He highlights that science, society, and elements of nature are interconnected. Latour wants to view the relationship between society and nature not as a “theory”, but as a “practice”6. By considering that society, science, and the environment are all interconnected, the wilderness is an experience as it is a part of everyone’s life. Aldo Leopold also proposes a similar idea through a land ethic. The land ethic “ simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.” Similarly to Bruno Latour, Aldo Leopold also advocates for society to become a part of something much bigger than themselves and become a part of a larger community. By expanding human responsibility which involves the land, nature becomes an experience as humans become a part of it. Therefore, Bruno Latour and Aldo Leopold shows that nature is an experiences by indicating that society and the environment are …show more content…
William Cronon postulates that the American “wilderness” that exist now is entirely invented and constructed. He implies that the wilderness is not an experience because society views it as it is not a part of humanity, but rather as a romanticized idea. For instance, in order to create an “uninhabited wilderness” they had to remove the Native Americans who peacefully lived there which shows the artificial means of the wilderness.8 By separating ourselves from the wilderness, society is unable to experience the wilderness and puts wilderness in a pedestal which makes it more of a concept. It is one thing to be a part of the wilderness and experience it, it is another being separate and simply admiring it the idea of it. Cronon states that humans “live in an urban-industrial civilization, but at the same time pretend… that [their] real home is in the wilderness.”8 Further idealizing the wilderness means not idealizing the place where people actually lives. Wilderness is not an experience because humans most likely live in an urban-industrial civilization, yet they call the wilderness their home. Furthermore, Cronon uses the comparison of the tree in someone's backyard and the tree found in the wilderness. He questions if they are any different, and why is the tree from the forest more significant than