We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier assumption that we could know with any certainty what was good for even us. We have fulfilled the danger of this by making our personal pride and greed the standard of our behaviour toward the world—to the incalculable disadvantage of the world and everything in it. —Wendell Berry
This is what I hope will eventually become a resource for all things pertaining to Stewardship (whether that be stewardship of land, resources, society, or individuals). However, at the moment and till at least September 2008, it is more a public notebook of dissertation research. I am pursuing a MSc in Human Ecology through the Centre for Human Ecology at Strathclyde University. My research focuses on the concept and definition of the word “stewardship”.
Over the incoming months, as I research the topic, I will post various clippings and components here (mainly for the benefit of my collaborators and supervisors but also for anyone who might have interest in the concept). After the dissertation is submitted, I hope to use this data as the base for a more comprehensive wiki where resources are readily found and stewardship publicly discussed (for the moment, unlike most wikis, this one is closed and only edited by me).
If you’ve found this page because you have a personal or academic interest in stewardship, please contact me via e-mail jason[dot]nicholas@strath[dot]ac[dot]uk (replace the [dot] with actual dots). Also, though I’ll post most content relating to dissertation work here, I will also write about the process on my weblog (the wiki will consist mostly of academic content; the weblog entries will be my reflections on the process).
Contents
Proposal for the Dissertation
Literature Review
Links and Resources
On content and copyright: Some of the material posted here will be copyrighted by the authors or publishers, so please do note references provided and follow academic standards for using the text. Most of what I write will be under creative commons licence unless otherwise noted. I may mention many authors in passing; however, I hope to write synopsis entries on them when practicable.