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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.02.006
	Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene: A call for collaboration
	Brondizio E.S.; O'Brien K.; Bai X.; Biermann F.; Steffen W.; Berkhout F.; Cudennec C.; Lemos M.C.; Wolfe A.; Palma-Oliveira J.; Chen C.-T.A.
发表日期	2016
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	39
英文摘要	Since it was first proposed in 2000, the concept of the Anthropocene has evolved in breadth and diversely. The concept encapsulates the new and unprecedented planetary-scale changes resulting from societal transformations and has brought to the fore the social drivers of global change. The concept has revealed tensions between generalized interpretations of humanity's contribution to global change, and interpretations that are historically, politically and culturally situated. It motivates deep ethical questions about the politics and economics of global change, including diverse interpretations of past causes and future possibilities. As such, more than other concepts, the Anthropocene concept has brought front-and-center epistemological divides between and within the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. It has also brought new opportunities for collaboration. Here we explore the potential and challenges of the concept to encourage integrative understandings of global change and sustainability. Based on bibliometric analysis and literature review, we discuss the now wide acceptance of the term, its interpretive flexibility, the emerging narratives as well as the debates the concept has inspired. We argue that without truly collaborative and integrative research, many of the critical exchanges around the concept are likely to perpetuate fragmented research agendas and to reinforce disciplinary boundaries. This means appreciating the strengths and limitations of different knowledge domains, approaches and perspectives, with the concept of the Anthropocene serving as a bridge, which we encourage researchers and others to cross. This calls for institutional arrangements that facilitate collaborative research, training, and action, yet also depends on more robust and sustained funding for such activities. To illustrate, we briefly discuss three overarching global change problems where novel types of collaborative research could make a difference: (1) Emergent properties of socioecological systems; (2) Urbanization and resource nexus; and (3) Systemic risks and tipping points. Creative tensions around the Anthropocene concept can help the research community to move toward new conceptual syntheses and integrative action-oriented approaches that are needed to producing useful knowledge commensurable with the challenges of global change and sustainability. © 2016 The Authors
英文关键词	Anthropocene; Complex social–ecological systems; Earth system; Global change; Interdisciplinary; International political economy; Sustainability
学科领域	Anthropocene; Earth science; future prospect; global change; integrated approach; interdisciplinary approach; literature review; natural resource; political economy; research work; sustainability; urbanization
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Anthropocene; Earth science; future prospect; global change; integrated approach; interdisciplinary approach; literature review; natural resource; political economy; research work; sustainability; urbanization
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117371
作者单位	Department of Anthropology, Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes (CASEL), The Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington, United States; Department of Sociology & Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway; Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, King's College London, United Kingdom; Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, UMR1069 SAS, Rennes, France; School of Natural Resource & Environment, University of MichiganMI, United States; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brondizio E.S.,O'Brien K.,Bai X.,et al. Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene: A call for collaboration[J],2016,39.
APA	Brondizio E.S..,O'Brien K..,Bai X..,Biermann F..,Steffen W..,...&Chen C.-T.A..(2016).Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene: A call for collaboration.Global Environmental Change,39.
MLA	Brondizio E.S.,et al."Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene: A call for collaboration".Global Environmental Change 39(2016).