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<h2 id="ecotechnics">Ecotechnics</h2> <p>During <i>Ecotechnics '95 - International Symposium on Ecological Engineering</i> in <a href="/facts/%C3%96stersund/2RTqI4r4">Östersund</a>, <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, the participants agreed on the definition: "Ecotechnics is defined as the method of designing future societies within ecological frames." </p><p>Ecotechnics is defined as the '<a href="/facts/Techne/XceknnXY">techne</a>' of bodies. Ecotechnics thinks of the body as a technology which makes possible[<i>among whom?</i>] the inclusion of a whole new range of bodies[<i>dubious – discuss</i>]. This gives people[<i>who?</i>] more agency and <a href="/facts/Biopower/UP6k0Fj0">biopower</a> over their own use of their bodies. This makes it usable[<i>among whom?</i>] for <a href="/facts/Queer_theory/bpJPktky">queer theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Disability_studies/DeYNBVWN">disability studies</a>. An interpretation[<i>among whom?</i>] also refers to the term as the craft of the home.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> In classifying the body as a technical object, <a href="/facts/Jean-Luc_Nancy/og3j0UCK">Jean-Luc Nancy</a> explained how it works by partitioning bodies into their own zones and spaces, which also allow such bodies to connect with other bodies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Hence, Nancy claims that technology determine our interactions with other beings[<i>who?</i>] in the world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Ecotechnics is also central[<i>among whom?</i>] in Sullivan's and Murray's collection of essays <i>Queering the Technologisation of Bodies</i>. It is built[<i>by whom?</i>] on <a href="/facts/Bernard_Stiegler/6YqpL05r">Bernard Stiegler</a>'s work that sees the body and technology as a double process: the technology and the body are informed by each other. <a href="/facts/Derrida/hpzImI8f">Derrida</a> who extends on both Nancy and Stiegler's ideas argues that the 'proper body' implicates[<i>among whom?</i>] interconnections of technical additions. Ecotechnics goes against the <a href="/facts/Essentialist/37ILVlmm">essentialist</a> and binary notion of the body as a technological object which positions it within <a href="/facts/Post-structuralism/N1GPxB42">post-structuralism</a>. The body can only be understood[<i>by whom?</i>] within its environment and this environment is a technical one. </p><p>Nancy also applied the ecotechnics concept to contemporary issues such as war and globalization. He maintained, for instance, that modern conflicts are produced by the dividing lines between: North and South; rich and poor; and, integrated and excluded.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> He also believes that ecotechnics is undoing communities due to the elimination of the <i><a href="/facts/Polis/U4qS9yqU">polis</a></i> and the prevalence of <i><a href="/facts/Oikos/GRghQh3u">oikos</a></i>, calling for a global sovereignty that would administer the world as a single household.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Afforestation/b8sP61Ms">Afforestation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Agroforestry/9qkylP0W">Agroforestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Analog_forestry/5Q7NW4n3">Analog forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Biomass/4VHjaya3">Biomass</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Biomass_(ecology)/A5rDsUax">Biomass (ecology)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Buffer_strip/LM48jf4m">Buffer strip</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Collaborative_innovation_network/LfCMA9R4">Collaborative innovation network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deforestation/L1TNhN9p">Deforestation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Deforestation_during_the_Roman_period/ctmbWlYv">Deforestation during the Roman period</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Desertification/N7rdrzFy">Desertification</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecological_engineering/SM73oeDA">Ecological engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ecological_engineering_methods/SM73oeDA">Ecological engineering methods</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Energy-efficient_landscaping/EcW4n4ss">Energy-efficient landscaping</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Forest_farming/KwB4U53B">Forest farming</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Forest_gardening/99NHU3ux">Forest gardening</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Plains_Shelterbelt/9QUwBxDE">Great Plains Shelterbelt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/GreenTec_Awards/N5pKcfUw">GreenTec Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hedgerow/qp0wBkIf">Hedgerow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Residential_garden/n2TIDXJs">Home gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Human_ecology/jUe1VzN6">Human ecology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Institute_of_Ecotechnics/7F5FcAXH">Institute of Ecotechnics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Macro-engineering/m13ljMEk">Macro-engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Megaprojects/uS9dsyle">Megaprojects</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mid_Sweden_University/mSUUy5oh">Mid Sweden University</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Permaculture/auIYtKK3">Permaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Permaforestry/99NHU3ux">Permaforestry</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Proposed_sahara_forest_project/ErLsP0TE">Proposed sahara forest project</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Push%E2%80%93pull_technology/znUHL9FP">Push–pull technology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sand_fence/cV1z2QT3">Sand fence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Seawater_Greenhouse/l4x1B5Te">Seawater Greenhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sustainable_agriculture/XLdTEVAC">Sustainable agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sustainable_design/szkYtSf2">Sustainable design</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Terra_preta/W4ppqnYV">Terra preta</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thomas_P._Hughes/FFs9K8lY">Thomas P. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wildcrafting/e2dtf20N">Wildcrafting</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Windbreak/Qyynpea8">Windbreak</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Jean-Luc_Nancy/og3j0UCK">J. Nancy</a> (2008). <i>Corpus</i>. <a href="/facts/Fordham_University_Press/91p8YY7U">Fordham University Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780823229628.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Allenby, B.R., and D.J. Richards (1994), <i>The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems</i>. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.</li> <li>Braungart, M., and W. McDonough (2002). <i>Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</i>. North Point Press, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0865475873.</li> <li>Huesemann, Michael H., and Joyce A. Huesemann (2011). <a href="http://www.newtechnologyandsociety.org"><i>Technofix: Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment</i></a>, Chapter 13, "The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies", New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0865717044, 464 pp.</li> <li>Von Weizsacker, E.U., C. Hargroves, M.H. Smith, C. Desha, and P. Stasinopoulos (2009). <i>Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity</i>, Routledge.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.miun.se/en/University/Organisation/Departments/thu/Research/Ecotechnology-research/">Ecotechnology research at Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden</a>[<i>dead link</i>]</li> <li><a href="http://www.ecotechnics.edu">The Institute of Ecotechnics, London, U.K.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tc.gc.ca/eTV">ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles, Transport Canada, Ottawa, Canada</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ecotechnologyshow.co.uk">Eco Technology Show, 11-12 June 2015, Brighton, U.K.</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150119143548/http://www.ecotechnologyshow.co.uk/">Archived</a> 19 January 2015 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Greer, John Michael (1 October 2009). The Ecotechnic Future: Envisioning a Post-Peak World. New Society Publishers. ISBN 9781550924398. <a href="9781550924398" target="_blank">9781550924398</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Ash, James (2016). The Interface Envelope: Gaming, Technology, Power. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 109. ISBN 9781623564599. <a href="9781623564599" target="_blank">9781623564599</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Ash, James (2016). The Interface Envelope: Gaming, Technology, Power. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 109. ISBN 9781623564599. <a href="9781623564599" target="_blank">9781623564599</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Devisch, Ignaas (2013). Jean-Luc Nancy and the Question of Community. London: Bloomsbury. p. 141. ISBN 9781441165626. <a href="9781441165626" target="_blank">9781441165626</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Curtis, Neal (2006). War and Social Theory: World, Value and Identity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 161. ISBN 9781403933713. <a href="9781403933713" target="_blank">9781403933713</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>