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Three cases studies of people working with nature are presented and reflected upon in relation to Merleau Ponty’s philosophy of perception. They are part of a larger study of people’s narrative interviews. If nature and the non-human other are seen as having agency, then relating to nature becomes an intersubjective process. The individuals in these case studies acknowledge and talk about such a dynamic relation to nature. A relation that is beyond seeing nature simply as an object or resource for humans to use towards one which sees nature as a co-participating subject.
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Zegers, R. (2019). Leading with Nature in Mind. In: Hoggett, P. (eds) Climate Psychology. Studies in the Psychosocial. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11741-2_9
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