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Conference Paper: Is there a place for philosophy in the botanical garden?
Title | Is there a place for philosophy in the botanical garden? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Botanic Gardens Conservation International. |
Citation | 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress (BGCI), Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June 2017. In Abstract Book, p. 25 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We must cultivate our garden'; so wrote Voltaire at the conclusion of his famous satirical
novel, Candide. In the French language the word 'cultivate' has a double meaning consistent
with the dual mission of a botanical garden: (1) conserving the plant collections according to
approved techniques while at the same time (2) transmitting essential knowledge of plants,
ecology and related themes to the public. The latter task entails the transmission not merely
of information, but of ideas, concepts and nally, a philosophy of nature and environment
according to which the information is organized and interpreted. How do we evoke the world
of ideas in a botanical garden? In 2012 the botanical gardens of Neuchâtel and Geneva hosted
exhibits for the tercentenary of Jean Jacques Rousseau's birth (1712-1778). These exhibits
provided a much-needed opportunity to broach the concept of nature philosophy, a theme
relatively rarely addressed by botanical institutions. As concrete examples of applied nature
philosophy we take ideas about forestry management in the canton of Neuchâtel articulated
by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Frédéric Samuel Ostervald (1713-1795), Henri Biolley (1858-1939),
Robert Hainard (1906-1999) and Denis de Rougemont (1906-1985). From over-exploitation of
forests in the 18th century to implementation of the late nineteenth-century productivity principle,
and the more recent adoption of the cultivated forest concept, we see the emergence of
an awareness of the need to protect our natural inheritance. We argue that botanical gardens
should together with other institutions and NGO's share the responsibility for transmitting
such ideas. |
Description | Hosted by the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva (CJBG) |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244749 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cook, GA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mulhauser, B | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T01:58:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T01:58:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress (BGCI), Geneva, Switzerland, 26-30 June 2017. In Abstract Book, p. 25 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-2-8277-0136-0 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/244749 | - |
dc.description | Hosted by the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva (CJBG) | - |
dc.description.abstract | We must cultivate our garden'; so wrote Voltaire at the conclusion of his famous satirical novel, Candide. In the French language the word 'cultivate' has a double meaning consistent with the dual mission of a botanical garden: (1) conserving the plant collections according to approved techniques while at the same time (2) transmitting essential knowledge of plants, ecology and related themes to the public. The latter task entails the transmission not merely of information, but of ideas, concepts and nally, a philosophy of nature and environment according to which the information is organized and interpreted. How do we evoke the world of ideas in a botanical garden? In 2012 the botanical gardens of Neuchâtel and Geneva hosted exhibits for the tercentenary of Jean Jacques Rousseau's birth (1712-1778). These exhibits provided a much-needed opportunity to broach the concept of nature philosophy, a theme relatively rarely addressed by botanical institutions. As concrete examples of applied nature philosophy we take ideas about forestry management in the canton of Neuchâtel articulated by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Frédéric Samuel Ostervald (1713-1795), Henri Biolley (1858-1939), Robert Hainard (1906-1999) and Denis de Rougemont (1906-1985). From over-exploitation of forests in the 18th century to implementation of the late nineteenth-century productivity principle, and the more recent adoption of the cultivated forest concept, we see the emergence of an awareness of the need to protect our natural inheritance. We argue that botanical gardens should together with other institutions and NGO's share the responsibility for transmitting such ideas. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Botanic Gardens Conservation International. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | 6th Global Botanic Gardens Congress (BGCI) | - |
dc.title | Is there a place for philosophy in the botanical garden? | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cook, GA: cookga@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cook, GA=rp01219 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 276403 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 25 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 25 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Geneva, Switzerland | - |