{"product_id":"drawing-the-sea-near-c-anne-claus-9781517906627","title":"Drawing the Sea Near: Satoumi and Coral Reef Conservation in Okinawa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Japanese coastal residents and transnational conservationists collaborated to foster relationships between humans and sea life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrawing the Sea Near\u003c\/i\u003e opens a new window to our understanding of transnational conservation by investigating projects in Okinawa shaped by a \"conservation-near\" approach--which draws on the senses, the body, and memory to collapse the distance between people and their surroundings and to foster collaboration and equity between coastal residents and transnational conservation organizations. This approach contrasts with the traditional Western \"conservation-far\" model premised on the separation of humans from the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on twenty months of participant observation and interviews, this richly detailed, engagingly written ethnography focuses on Okinawa's coral reefs to explore an unusually inclusive, experiential, and socially just approach to conservation. In doing so, C. Anne Claus challenges orthodox assumptions about nature, wilderness, and the future of environmentalism within transnational organizations. She provides a compelling look at how transnational conservation organizations--in this case a field office of the World Wide Fund for Nature in Okinawa--negotiate institutional expectations for conservation with localized approaches to caring for ocean life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pursuing how particular projects off the coast of Japan unfolded, \u003ci\u003eDrawing the Sea Near\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the real challenges and possibilities of work within the multifaceted transnational structures of global conservation organizations. Uniquely, it focuses on the conservationists themselves: why and how has their approach to project work changed, and how have they themselves been transformed in the process?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Anne Claus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517906628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517906627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"C. Anne Claus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190877450495,"sku":"9781517906627","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc867d24-b71c-4a53-86ce-7a0e768319d1.jpg?v=1690872855","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drawing-the-sea-near-c-anne-claus-9781517906627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}