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<p>Natural sciences paradigms guide this essay’s perspectives. Given the complex-adaptive dynamics of the Earth System, cultures are drivers and prompts of human and natural (sub)systems, respectively. The essay combines geo-philosophical thought and Semiotic Cultural Psychological Theory to depict an ideal-typic narrative of people’s sensemaking culture as an intrinsic part of the Earth System. Generic characteristics of marine operations (e.g., mining at the seabed) illustrate the description. The essay claims that human culture is an attribute of the Earth System, i.e., the nexus that ties human socio-cultural domains and planetary technosphere, biosphere and geosphere, and that more-than-humanness is one of the nexus’ attributes.</p>
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Natural sciences paradigms guide this essay’s perspectives. Given the complex-adaptive dynamics of the Earth System, cultures are drivers and prompts of human and natural (sub)systems, respectively. The essay combines geo-philosophical thought and Semiotic Cultural Psychological Theory to depict an ideal-typic narrative of people’s sensemaking culture as an intrinsic part of the Earth System. Generic characteristics of marine operations (e.g., mining at the seabed) illustrate the description. The essay claims that human culture is an attribute of the Earth System, i.e., the nexus that ties human socio-cultural domains and planetary technosphere, biosphere and geosphere, and that more-than-humanness is one of the nexus’ attributes.

Geo-societal More-than-Humanness

Cultural Science

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Natural sciences paradigms guide this essay’s perspectives. Given the complex-adaptive dynamics of the Earth System, cultures are drivers and prompts of human...

Geo-societal More-than-Humanness

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 9 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csj-2022-0003

Keywords
geo-societal, complex-adaptive, social-ecological, symbolic universes, seabed mining

© 2022 Martin Bohle, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Geo-societal More-than-Humanness

Published Online: Jun 22, 2024

Page range: 9 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csj-2022-0003

Keywordsgeo-societal, complex-adaptive, social-ecological, symbolic universes, seabed mining

© 2022 Martin Bohle, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
geo-societal, complex-adaptive, social-ecological, symbolic universes, seabed mining