Nationalism, (dis)simulation, and the politics of science in Québec's forest crisis

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Description :
By investigating the underlying effects of Québec's nationalism, this article illustrates how the institutional realignment following the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s positioned simulation science at the center of a negotiation process allowing the realization of both nationalist economic agenda and industrial interests to materialize. It demonstrates that the so-called complexity, rationality, and certainty associated with forestry science function to disguise the deeply political nature of the production and use of scientific knowledge. It concludes that what is at stake in using science in the management of Québec's boreal forest is not merely related either to the forest industry or to expansion of powers of government but, rather, to its weakness in gaining the public and the industry's trust in the management of the public's forests.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 2013, vol. 103, n°. 6, p. 1332-1347, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers