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Russell Hitchings. The Unsettling Outdoors
RGS-IBG Book Series
The Unsettling Outdoors. Environmental Estrangement in Everyday Life
Contents
Guide
Pages
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One A Wager and a Strategy. A Wager
The Argument
Greenspace as Home
Tempting People into Parks
The Extinction of Experience
How to Respond?
The Nuts and Bolts of Nature
Entangled and Disentangled
Acknowledging the Power of Practices
Purpose and Restoration
Establishing a Focus
The Title and the Plan
The Location and an Overview
Endnotes
References
Chapter Two Taking an Interest in the Everyday Lives of Others. Another Wager
The Argument
Boxing Lessons
Applying or Exploring Theory
Three Suggestions
Is a ‘Practice Interview’ Possible?
Taking the Piss and Holding Your Nerve
Back to the Outdoors
Insights from the Edge
London as the Laboratory
… and Back to the (Apparently) Banal
Endnotes
References
Chapter Three Forgetting the Outdoors: Inside the Office. Making the Floating Factory
Plants Coming In, People Going Out
A Group of Lawyers in London
Encouraging the Preoccupied to Pause and Reflect
Bothered by a Bee
In Practice and in Principle
Hot under the Collar
When Remarkable Happens
When You Actually Think about It
Making an Effort
The Outside Coming In
Other Ways to Escape
Conclusion. Overlooking Greenspace
Apparently Idle Talk from the Office
References
Chapter Four Avoiding the Outdoors: On the Treadmill. Running Away from the Benefits of Running
The Changing Places of Recreational Running
Green Exercise and Lived Experience
Speaking with Some ‘Non-runner Runners’ in London
The Three-mile Threshold
They Must Be Bad Because I Don’t Use Them
Someone Told Me Once
It’s Just My Preference!
All the Chat
Keeping Comparison Away
Improving the Present Environment
Oh, I Love the Outdoors!
Far Away from the Outdoor Ideal
Conclusion. Good Reasons for Avoiding the Outdoors
Stopping to Talk When You Are Up and Running
References
Chapter Five Succumbing to the Outdoors: In the Garden. A Nation of Gardeners?
Gardens as Both Beneficial and Bewildering
Shopping versus Gardening
Getting into the London Garden
What Silence Suggests
Discussing Design with ‘Central London’ People
Plants Guaranteed
But … It’s Not Furniture!
So … Do You Garden?
Tentatively Encouraging the Enjoyment of Life
In a Mad Prince Charles Way
A Different Sort of Silence
Conclusion. Talking Customers into It
Making Light of Something Serious
References
Chapter Six Embracing the Outdoors: At the Festival. The Intriguing Challenge of ‘Outdoor Hospitality’
The Societal Spread of Showering
The Summer Music Festival
Getting Stuck In
That Never Happens
I Like to Think That I’m Fairly Hygienic
A Form of Focused Relaxation
A Rebel without a Cause
All in the Same Boat
All the Tree Stuff and the Flaky Bits
Should There Be More Showers at the Festival?
The Return of ‘The Office’
Conclusion. Embracing the Outdoors
Speaking of Showering
References
Chapter Seven Conclusion
Wager One – on Processes of Environmental Estrangement. A Language of Lived Extinction
Disentangled Times
Hunting for Moles
Further Adventures in the Everyday Outdoors
Building Back Better
Intervention Ideas
Wager Two – Studying ‘Figures of Speech’
Practice Dodging
Following Our Leads
Analysis Avoidance
Changing Tack
Endnote
Reference
Marketing materials for The Unsettling Outdoors RGS/IBG Book Series
Index
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