Perceiving Vegetation From Social Positions: Discourses on Plants in a Mediterranean Landscape.
Understanding how vegetation is perceived, named and valued requires attention to the social positions from which these perceptions are produced. This article analyses vegetation perception from different social positions based on qualitative research conducted in the province of Jaén (Andalusia, Sp...
| Publicado en: | Sociology Lens Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 362 - 376 |
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