ABSTRACT

The emerging and vibrant field of environmental humanities to date has not received considerable attention in Central Asia. In light of the Anthropocene crises, there is a real urgency for maturing this field and investigating the methodological and epistemological challenges that environmental topics demand, often working across disciplinary habits and time scales. This roundtable brings together Central Asianists from a range of backgrounds to discuss the sources and scales of their investigation, their challenges and potential. The contributors discuss how particular kinds of sources such as climate models, archival manuscripts, ethnographic fieldwork and media analyses have been used to understand environmental changes in the region. In what ways do the traditions of scholars’ disciplinary training guide the scale of analysis? Looking toward the future of environmental humanities in Central Asia, this roundtable suggests paths for developing this vital field of enquiry.

摘要

迄今为止，新兴且充满活力的环境人文学科在中亚并未受到广泛关注。鉴于人类世危机，确实迫切需要使该领域成熟并调查环境主题所要求的方法论和认识论挑战，通常跨越学科习惯和时间尺度。本次圆桌会议汇集了来自不同背景的中亚学者，讨论他们调查的来源和规模、挑战和潜力。撰稿人讨论了气候模型、档案手稿、民族志田野调查和媒体分析等特定类型的资源如何被用于了解该地区的环境变化。学者学科训练的传统如何指导分析的尺度？展望中亚环境人文学科的未来，本次圆桌会议提出了发展这一重要研究领域的途径。