Nature’s Looking Glass
by
Hillary Angelo and Colin Jerolmack
| February 14, 2012
|
Winter 2012
How we see nature is to a large extent a reflection of ourselves. Sociologists Hillary Angelo and Colin Jerolmack use the example of New Yorkers’ fascination with two red-tailed hawks to reveal deep insights about how we represent and understand nature.
Authors
Hillary Angelo is in the department of sociology at New York University. She studies imaginaries of nature in urban contexts.
Colin Jerolmack is in the department of sociology at New York University. He studies how nonhumans shape people’s experience of city life.
