The  use of social constructivism in environmental history of selected water issues

• Authors: Selma Benyovszky
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of the paper is to present the epistemological approach of social constructivism used in water research in environmental history. In the first part, the history of natural science and philosophical roots that influenced constructivist water research are described. Based on the analyses of the social constructivist studies, the alternative methods of water researchers are presented and conceptualized in the second part of the paper.

Keywords

EN

environmental history; knowledge; hybridity; social constructivism; water cycle; water crisis

CS

environmentální dějiny; poznání

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historická geografie (Historical Geography)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 91-120
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Selma Benyovszky

• Historická geografie, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic