Naturalist Intelligence ("Nature Smart")
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Andy Goldsworthy
Photo: Cathryn Tremain
Designates the human ability to discriminate among living things (plants, animals) as well as sensitivity to other features of the natural world (clouds, rock configurations).
This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers
People that Exhibit Strong Natural Intelligence:
It is also speculated that much of our consumer society exploits the naturalist intelligences, which can be mobilized in the discrimination among cars, sneakers, kinds of makeup, and the like.
From: Overview of the Multiple Intelligences Theory. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and Thomas Armstrong.com
This ability was clearly of value in our evolutionary past as hunters, gatherers, and farmers
People that Exhibit Strong Natural Intelligence:
- Botanists
- Chefs
- Horticulturalists
It is also speculated that much of our consumer society exploits the naturalist intelligences, which can be mobilized in the discrimination among cars, sneakers, kinds of makeup, and the like.
From: Overview of the Multiple Intelligences Theory. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and Thomas Armstrong.com
Artists That Use Naturalist Intelligence
- Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
- Mark Dion
- Vija Celmins
- Andy Goldsworthy