Repose: a personal and relational foundation for responding to ecological challenges

Patricia Carolina Gayá Wicks

A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

University of Bath
School of Management

April 2006

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Table of Contents

Contents and Acknowledgement - pdf (74kb)

1 Introduction - pdf (79kb)

2 Developing an inquiry practice - pdf (154kb)

3 Fields of practice (1) - pdf (97kb)

4 Fields of practice (2) - pdf (136kb)

5 Agency in relation to ecological challenges - pdf (224kb)

6 Developing the concept of repose - pdf (133kb)

7 An account of the Sustainable Farmshire initiative - pdf (390kb)

8 Repose in action for sustainability - pdf (196kb)

9 Holding the process of engagement - pdf (337kb)

10 Repose and self development - pdf (246kb)

References - pdf (72kb)

Appendix One: A further snap-shot of ecological challenges - pdf (59kb)

Appendix Two: A poem to the Night Sky - pdf (185kb)

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