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This chapter deepens the archaeological and genealogical analysis of outdoor recreation (OR) by expanding on the idea that the most significant discursive practise in OR is the separation of (human)culture and natural nature. Appreciating how OR arrived at the tenuous position of searching for natural nature to study or recreate in necessitates an exploration of the historical links between science, rationality, modernity, and the (human)culture/nature split. The first section of this chapter is devoted to examining the historical details of this story.
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Ryan, S. (2015). Humans and Nature. In: Theorizing Outdoor Recreation and Ecology. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137385086_3
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