The Practice of the Wild
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The Practice of the Wild is a collection of essays by poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder that explores deep ecology, wilderness, and the relationship between human culture and the natural world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Good, the Wild, and the Sacred | 1 |
| The Practice of the Wild canonical | 1 |
| The Practice of the Wild (2010 documentary film) | 1 |
| The Practice of the Wild (essay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3111128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practice of the Wild Context triple: [Gary Snyder, notableWork, The Practice of the Wild]
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A.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
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B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
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D.
Wildwood
Wildwood is a popular seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore known for its expansive beaches, lively boardwalk, and classic Doo Wop–style motels.
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E.
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem is a 2015 historical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, adapted from Jiang Rong’s novel about a young Chinese student’s transformative encounters with wolves on the Mongolian steppe during the Cultural Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Practice of the Wild Target entity description: The Practice of the Wild is a collection of essays by poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder that explores deep ecology, wilderness, and the relationship between human culture and the natural world.
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A.
Twilight in the Wilderness
"Twilight in the Wilderness" is a celebrated 1860 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic sunset sky and luminous depiction of the American wilderness.
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B.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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C.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
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D.
Wildwood
Wildwood is a popular seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore known for its expansive beaches, lively boardwalk, and classic Doo Wop–style motels.
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E.
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem is a 2015 historical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, adapted from Jiang Rong’s novel about a young Chinese student’s transformative encounters with wolves on the Mongolian steppe during the Cultural Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Gary Snyder ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
environmentalist
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essayist ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
cultural roots of ecological crisis
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ethics of living in place ⓘ relationship between human culture and the natural world ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
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nature writing ⓘ philosophical essays ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Practice of the Wild
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Practice of the Wild (2010 documentary film)
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| hasPart |
Good, Wild, Sacred
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Tawny Grammar ⓘ The Etiquette of Freedom ⓘ The Practice of the Wild self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Good, the Wild, and the Sacred
The Old Ways ⓘ The Place, the Region, and the Commons ⓘ The Practice of the Wild self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Practice of the Wild (essay)
The Wilderness ⓘ The World Is Places ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as a classic of environmental writing ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American wilderness tradition
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Zen ⓘ
surface form:
Zen Buddhism
indigenous land ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Beat Generation
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environmental movement ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Buddhism
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bioregionalism ⓘ deep ecology ⓘ ecocentrism ⓘ environmental philosophy ⓘ human–nature relationship ⓘ place-based culture ⓘ wilderness ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
bioregional consciousness
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etiquette of freedom ⓘ reinhabitation of place ⓘ wildness as a practice ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| publisher | Counterpoint ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Practice of the Wild Description of subject: The Practice of the Wild is a collection of essays by poet and environmentalist Gary Snyder that explores deep ecology, wilderness, and the relationship between human culture and the natural world.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Practice of the Wild (essay)
this entity surface form:
The Good, the Wild, and the Sacred
this entity surface form:
The Practice of the Wild (2010 documentary film)