Abstract Pyrosociality is a framework for theorizing the simultaneous production of forests and fires while discerning who is powerful and who is vulnerable in multispecies encounters mediated by fire. This article reviews literature about fire science and situates academic dialogue about the ecological consequences of social processes within real-world goings-on in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Pyrosocial theory draws from posthumanism, science and technology studies, and feminist anthropology to assess fire management. Qualitative data from properties managed by the Nantahala- Pisgah National Forests, North Carolina Forest Service, and South Carolina Forestry Commission ground pyrosocial theory in shifting ideas and practices related to excluding, suppressing, fostering, and igniting fires. When centering fire, what facts, truths, complexities, and subtleties come to light? The pyrosocial approach reveals pyropower, or individual variabilities and structural hierarchies related to controlling or influencing more-than-human communities. Focusing on power and vulnerability within habitats co-constructed by multispecies agents and biophysical forces accentuates meaningful relationships.

Cynthia Twyford Fowler

Environment and Society

Environment and Society: Advances in Research is an annual review journal, publishing articles that have been commissioned in response to specific published calls.The field of research on environment and society is growing rapidly and becoming of ever-greater importance not only in academia but also in policy circles and for the public at large. This growth reflects the urgency of debate and the pace and scale of change with respect to the water crisis, deforestation, biodiversity loss, the looming energy crisis, nascent resource wars, environmental refugees, climate change, and environmental justice, which are just some of the many compelling challenges facing society today and in the future. It also reflects the richness and insights of scholarship exploring diverse cultural forms, social phenomena, and political-economic formations in which society and nature are intricately intertwined, if not indistinguishable.    As a forum to address these issues, we are delighted to present an important peer-reviewed annual: Environment and Society: Advances in Research. Through this journal we hope to stimulate advanced research and action on these and other critical issues and encourage international communication and exchange among all relevant disciplines.    Environment and Society publishes critical reviews of the latest research literature on environmental studies, including subjects of theoretical, methodological, substantive, and applied significance. Articles also survey the literature regionally and thematically and reflect the work of anthropologists, geographers, environmental scientists, and human ecologists from all parts of the world in order to internationalize the conversations within environmental anthropology, environmental geography, and other environmentally oriented social sciences. The publication will appeal to academic, research, and policy-making audiences alike.

Environment and Society: Advances in Research is an annual review journal that publishes articles commissioned in response to specific published calls. The field of research on environment and society is rapidly growing and becoming increasingly important not only in academia but also in policy circles and for the general public. This growth reflects the urgency of debates and the pace and scale of changes regarding the water crisis, deforestation, biodiversity loss, the looming energy crisis, emerging resource wars, environmental refugees, climate change, and environmental justice—just some of the many pressing challenges facing society today and in the future. It also highlights the richness and insights of scholarship exploring diverse cultural forms, social phenomena, and political-economic structures in which society and nature are intricately intertwined, if not indistinguishable. As a forum to address these issues, we are pleased to present the important peer-reviewed annual journal, Environment and Society: Advances in Research. Through this journal, we aim to stimulate advanced research and action on these and other critical issues and encourage international communication and exchange among all relevant disciplines. Environment and Society publishes critical reviews of the latest research literature on environmental studies, covering theoretical, methodological, substantive, and applied significance. Articles also survey the literature regionally and thematically, reflecting the work of anthropologists, geographers, environmental scientists, and human ecologists from around the world, thereby internationalizing the conversations within environmental anthropology, environmental geography, and other environmentally oriented social sciences. This publication will appeal to academic, research, and policy-making audiences alike.

《Environment and Society: Advances in Research》是一本年度评审期刊，发表应特定已发布征稿而委托的文章。环境与社会研究领域正在迅速发展，越来越受到学术界、政策圈以及公众的重视。这一增长反映了关于水危机、森林砍伐、生物多样性丧失、迫在眉睫的能源危机、新兴资源战争、环境难民、气候变化和环境正义等众多紧迫挑战的辩论的紧迫性和变化的速度与规模。这也反映了探索多样文化形式、社会现象和政治经济结构的丰富性和见解，在这些结构中，社会与自然密切交织，甚至难以区分。作为一个讨论这些问题的平台，我们很高兴地推出《Environment and Society: Advances in Research》这一重要的同行评审年度刊物。通过这本期刊，我们希望激发对这些及其他关键问题的深入研究和行动，并鼓励各相关学科之间的国际交流与沟通。《Environment and Society》发表关于环境研究最新文献的关键评审，包括理论、方法、实质和应用等重要主题的文章。文章还将从区域和主题的角度对文献进行综述，反映来自世界各地的人类学家、地理学家、环境科学家和人类生态学家的研究成果，以国际化环境人类学、环境地理学和其他环境导向的社会科学领域的对话。该刊物将吸引学术界、研究界和政策制定者的关注。

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