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dc.contributor.authorGray, Robert Hugh
dc.contributor.authorMIlne, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-08T10:30:07Z
dc.date.available2018-02-08T10:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.identifier248704475
dc.identifierea0cb2ca-93b6-4563-a0a7-e68498899039
dc.identifier85044078970
dc.identifier000427972500003
dc.identifier.citationGray , R H & MIlne , M 2018 , ' Perhaps the Dodo should have accounted For Human Beings? Accounts of humanity and (its) extinction ' , Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal , vol. 31 , no. 3 , pp. 826-848 . https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-03-2016-2483en
dc.identifier.issn0951-3574
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12691
dc.description.abstractPurpose: We intend to offer a counter-narrative to those accounts of specific species extinction. Our intention is to offer a counter narrative that places humanity’s ways of organising at the core and recognises that only fundamental re-appraisal of (western) humanity’s current taken-for-granted narratives offers any hope for biodiversity and sustainability. Thus we seek to offer a narrative that might challenge producers of accounts of all sorts to reconsider the context and level of resolution of their accounts. We do this by first arguing that humankind is the root cause of most (if not all) current species extinctions. We then argue that such extinctions represent one reason why humanity might itself be threatened with extinction… or indeed, why human extinction might be a good thing. We need new accounts and utopian possibilities with which to imagine other, better, futures. Design/methodological/approach: The piece is an essay which assembles a wide range of literature in order to support its contentions. Findings: There are many individual accounts of species which explore the (albeit very serious) symptoms of a problem without, we maintain, examining the systematic source of the problem. The source problem is western mankind’s organisation and somewhat taciturn conception of humanity. There is a lack of accounts offering new possibilities. Research Limitations/Implications: The piece is an essay and, consequently limited to the quality of the argument presented. The essay suggests that the principal implications relate to (i) how producers of counter-accounts frame their construction of accounts and (ii) how accounts of species extinction need to be more cognizant of underlying causes. Practical Implications: Without substantial change, planetary ecology, including humanity, is very seriously threatened. Imagining a plausible future is a most practical act of faith. Social Implications: The essay suggests that as accountants we might think to approach our counter-accounts with a lower level of resolution: one that is directed towards a more challenging notion of what it is to be human. Originality/value: Whilst building upon the growing sophistication in our understanding of (new) accounts and responding to the emerging literatures on biodiversity, species extinction and utopian vision we offer what we believe to be a unique suggestion in the accounting literature about the extinction of mankind.
dc.format.extent834280
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAccounting, Auditing & Accountability Journalen
dc.subjectHumanityen
dc.subjectExtinctionen
dc.subjectNarrativesen
dc.subjectAccountsen
dc.subjectUtopian Methoden
dc.subjectBiodiversityen
dc.subjectQH Natural historyen
dc.subjectHM Sociologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccQHen
dc.subject.lccHMen
dc.titlePerhaps the Dodo should have accounted For Human Beings? : Accounts of humanity and (its) extinctionen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Managementen
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/AAAJ-03-2016-2483
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2018-02-06


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