Grazing Communities

Letizia Bindi has been a professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at several Italian Universities and a visiting scholar in Spanish, French, Polish and other non-European Universities. In 2009 received the Tanturri Foundation Prix for Anthropological and Popular Traditions Studies. She is presently a professor at the University of Molise, Italy.

“The book efficiently presents links between local practice, landscape conservation, and cultural heritage, as needs to be sustained and promoted at a European scale for sustainable tourism, local development, and rural communities.” • Luca Battaglini, University of Padova

• List of FiguresForewordTim IngoldIntroductionLetizia BindiPart I: Pastoralism as a Bio-Cultural Heritage?Chapter 1. Transhumance in Greece: Multifunctionality as an Asset for Sustainable DevelopmentAthanasios RagkosChapter 2. The Conflict of Nomadic Pastoralism on Sheep Tracks In Piedmont Po Plain (CollinaPo Biosphere Reserve)Dino Genovese, Luca Battaglini and Ippolito OstellinoChapter 3. Between Two Different Worlds: Pastoralism and Protected Natural Areas in Provence-Alpes-Côte D’azurPatrick Fabre and Jean Claude DuclosChapter 4. Reintroducing Bears and Restoring Shepherding Practices. The Production of a Wild Heritage Landscape in the Central PyreneesLluìs Ferrer and Ferran Pons-RagaChapter 5. Transhumance in Kelmend, Northern Albania. Traditions, contemporary challenges and sustainable developmentMartine WolffChapter 6. Revisiting Transhumance from Stilfs, South Tyrol, Italy: The Everyday Diverse Economy Of A Forgotten Alternative Food NetworkAnnalisa Colombino and Jeffrey John PowersPart II: Discontinuities and TransformationsChapter 7. Transhumance is the New Black. Fragile Rangelands and Local RegenerationsLetizia BindiChapter 8. Continuities and Disruptions in Transhumance Practices in the Silesian Beskids: The Case of Koniaków VillageKatarzyna Marcol and Maciej KurczChapter 9. Contemporary Transformation of The Pastoral System In The Romanian Carpathian: A Case Study From Maramures RegionCosmin Marius Ivascu and Anamaria IugaChapter 10. Mountain Pasture in Friuli: Past and Present (Italy)Špela Ledinek LozejChapter 11. From Nomadism to Ranching Economy: Reindeer Transhumance among the Finnish SámiNuccio Mazzullo and Hannah Strauss-MazzulloChapter 12. Wandering Shepherds: New and Old Transhumances in Sardinia and SicilySebastiano ManniaChapter 13. The Coexistence of Transhumance Shepherding Practices and Tourism on Bielašnica Mountain in Bosnia and HerzegovinaManca Filak and Žiga GorišekAfterword: Desire for TranshumanceCyril IsnardIndex