The Pull of the Earth
Participatory Ethnography in the School Garden
1st Edition
Published on 22. December 2005
168 pages
979-8-216-23315-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Pull of the Earth is Laurie Thorp's dirt-under-the-fingernails ethnography of four years in an elementary school garden and the ways in which this garden catalyzed cultural transformation and inspired hope, growth, and community. Filled with photographs, sketches, poetry, and journal entries, Thorp's engaging book describes the educational benefits of learning through the environment: lessons on nutrition, the rhythms and cycles found in nature, and the stability found in entering a reciprocal relationship with the land. It will be a valuable resource for educators, environmentalists, and ethnographers.
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12/2005
AltaMira Press
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Laurie Thorp directs the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment Program for Michigan State University.
Content
Part 1 Foreword by Yvonna S. Lincoln and Norman K. Denzin
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction (or things you should know before you delve into this story.)
Chapter 4 ONE: Locating the Author, locating the other.
Chapter 5 TWO: The grace of a garden.
Chapter 6 THREE: A place for connection.
Chapter 7 FOUR: Wonder.
Chapter 8 FIVE: How our garden grows.
Chapter 9 SIX: A journey in one place.
Chapter 10 SEVEN: The Pizza-Earth reunifcation.
Chapter 11 EIGHT: A methodology of letting go, getting lost, and finding my way.
Chapter 12 NINE: Telling the story all the way through.
Chapter 13 References
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction (or things you should know before you delve into this story.)
Chapter 4 ONE: Locating the Author, locating the other.
Chapter 5 TWO: The grace of a garden.
Chapter 6 THREE: A place for connection.
Chapter 7 FOUR: Wonder.
Chapter 8 FIVE: How our garden grows.
Chapter 9 SIX: A journey in one place.
Chapter 10 SEVEN: The Pizza-Earth reunifcation.
Chapter 11 EIGHT: A methodology of letting go, getting lost, and finding my way.
Chapter 12 NINE: Telling the story all the way through.
Chapter 13 References
