Redefining the Refuge: Symbolic Interactionism and the Emergent Meanings of Environmentally Variable Spaces. Issue 4 (8th September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leap, Braden
• Is Part Of: Symbolic interaction. Volume 38:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 521
• Page End: 538
• Publication Date: 2015-09-08
• Subjects: Symbolic interactionism -- Periodicals; Interactionnisme symbolique -- Périodiques; 302
• DOI: 10.1002/symb.182
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0195-6086

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="symb182-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="symb182-para-0002">I utilize ethnographic data to illustrate how the meanings of a National Wildlife Refuge were being rearticulated following a shift in Canada goose migrations that undermined previously established meanings of the space. Beyond highlighting the ability of symbolic interactionism to incorporate a range of interdisciplinary works on space, I illustrate how the Meadian approach to temporality can be useful for understanding how the meanings of spaces are rearticulated in response to variable socio‐environmental processes like goose migrations or climate change. Through this analysis, I hope to highlight the usefulness of symbolic interactionism for future research on space generally and adaptations to socio‐environmental variabilities specifically.</p> </abstract>