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Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies
Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 2011
543 kr
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Probably more than any other British anthropologist, Roy Ellen is associated with the study of ethnobiology; his has also long ranked among the leading names in the field ...Both readers new to Ellen as well as those already familiar with his work will find this collection rewarding. American …
Sustainability and Communities of Place
Häftad, 2011
454 kr
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The concept of sustainability holds that the social, economic, and environmental factors within human communities must be viewed interactively and systematically. Sustainable development cannot be understood apart from a community, its ethos, and ways of life. Although broadly conceived, the …
Unveiling the Whale
Discourses on Whales and Whaling
Av Arne Kalland
Häftad, 2011
527 kr
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Kalland's direct approach is to be commended as well as the accessibility of the book (blessedly free of jargonized language), and for creating new avenues for further research into the attribution of values and anti-values to highly contentious environmental discourses. Durham Anthropology Journal …
Weathering the World
Recovery in the Wake of the Tsunami in a Tamil Fishing Village
Inbunden, 2011
1921 kr
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The Asian tsunami in December 2004 severely affected people in coastal regions all around the Indian Ocean. This book provides the first in-depth ethnography of the disaster and its effects on a fishing village in Tamil Nadu, India. The author explores how the villagers have lived with the tsunami …
Landscape, Process and Power
Re-evaluating Traditional Environmental Knowledge
Häftad, 2012
444 kr
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...presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) and the directions in which it has evolved in recent years...Individually but especially together, the contributors of this volume do a fine job at providing a contextualized and fluid understanding of …
Landscape Ethnoecology
Concepts of Biotic and Physical Space
Av Leslie Main Johnson, Eugene S. Hunn
Häftad, 2012
527 kr
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[The editors] have brought together many of the most innovative thinkers and field workers to ponder how local communities make sense of the landscapes in which they live, and upon which they depend. This volume is rich with insights about how cultures perceive the spaces, landforms and habitats …
Mobility and Migration in Indigenous Amazonia
Contemporary Ethnoecological Perspectives
Häftad, 2012
527 kr
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Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception. This …
Virtualism, Governance and Practice
Vision and Execution in Environmental Conservation
Av James G. Carrier, Paige West
Häftad, 2012
527 kr
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Many people investigating the operation of large-scale environmentalist organizations see signs of power, knowledge and governance in their policies and projects. This collection indicates that such an analysis appears to be justified from one perspective, but not from another. The chapters in this …
Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia
Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages
Av Joshua Lockyer, James R. Veteto
Inbunden, 2013
1880 kr
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In order to move global society towards a sustainable "ecotopia," solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the …
Things Fall Apart?
The Political Ecology of Forest Governance in Southern Nigeria
Inbunden, 2013
1921 kr
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Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria’s Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and the virtual depletion of timber stocks are invariably attributed to recent …
Ethnobotany in the New Europe
People, Health and Wild Plant Resources
Av Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
582 kr
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The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been invigorated by a new generation of researchers pursuing ethnobotanical studies in fresh contexts. Modern botanical and medical science itself was built on studies of Medieval Europeans’ use of food plants …
Sustainable Development
An Appraisal of the Gulf Region
Inbunden, 2014
2545 kr
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With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world's resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging …
Urban Pollution
Cultural Meanings, Social Practices
Häftad, 2014
527 kr
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Re-examining Mary Douglas’ work on pollution and concepts of purity, this volume explores modern expressions of these themes in urban areas, examining the intersections of material and cultural pollution. It presents ethnographic case studies from a range of cities affected by globalization …
Beyond the Lens of Conservation
Malagasy and Swiss Imaginations of One Another
Av Eva Keller
Inbunden, 2015
1921 kr
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The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two …
Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia
Bioregionalism, Permaculture, and Ecovillages
Av Joshua Lockyer, James R. Veteto
Häftad, 2015
454 kr
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In order to move global society towards a sustainable “ecotopia,” solutions must be engaged in specific places and communities, and the authors here argue for re-orienting environmental anthropology from a problem-oriented towards a solutions-focused endeavor. Using case studies from around the …
Trees, Knots, and Outriggers
Environmental Knowledge in the Northeast Kula Ring
Inbunden, 2016
2077 kr
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Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in Melanesia. Damon details the intricacies of indigenous knowledge and practice in his sweeping synthesis of symbolic and …
Trees, Knots, and Outriggers
Environmental Knowledge in the Northeast Kula Ring
Häftad, 2016
601 kr
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Trees, Knots and Outriggers (Kaynen Muyuw) is the culmination of twenty-five years of work by Frederick H. Damon and his attention to cultural adaptations to the environment in Melanesia. Damon details the intricacies of indigenous knowledge and practice in his sweeping synthesis of symbolic and …
Sustainable Development
An Appraisal from the Gulf Region
Häftad, 2017
391 kr
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With growing evidence of unsustainable use of the world’s resources, such as hydrocarbon reserves, and related environmental pollution, as in alarming climate change predictions, sustainable development is arguably the prominent issue of the 21st century. This volume gives a wide ranging …
Indigeneity and the Sacred
Indigenous Revival and the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites in the Americas
Av Fausto Sarmiento, Sarah Hitchner
Inbunden, 2017
1921 kr
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This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of sacred natural sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development …
Beyond the Lens of Conservation
Malagasy and Swiss Imaginations of One Another
Av Eva Keller
Häftad, 2017
527 kr
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The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two …
Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
Inbunden, 2018
1880 kr
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Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic analysis, …
At Home on the Waves
Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today
Av Tanya J. King, Gary Robinson
Inbunden, 2019
2186 kr
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Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at …
Indigeneity and the Sacred
Indigenous Revival and the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites in the Americas
Av Fausto Sarmiento, Sarah Hitchner
Häftad, 2019
527 kr
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This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of sacred natural sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development …
Birds of Passage
Hunting and Conservation in Malta
Inbunden, 2020
1921 kr
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Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. …
Ecological Nostalgias
Memory, Affect and Creativity in Times of Ecological Upheavals
Av Olivia Angé, David Berliner
Inbunden, 2020
1620 kr
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Introducing the study of econostalgias through a variety of rich ethnographic cases, this volume argues that a strictly human centered approach does not account for contemporary longings triggered by ecosystem upheavals. In this time of climate change, this book explores how nostalgia for fading …
Nature Wars
Essays Around a Contested Concept
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2020
1861 kr
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Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. …
Delta Life
Exploring Dynamic Environments where Rivers Meet the Sea
Inbunden, 2021
1921 kr
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Proposing a series of innovative steps towards better understanding human lives at the interstices of water and land, this volume includes eight ethnographies from deltas around the world. The book presents ‘delta life’ with intimate descriptions of the predicaments, imaginations and activities of …
At Home on the Waves
Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today
Av Tanya J. King, Gary Robinson
Häftad, 2022
618 kr
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Contemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine and idealize marine spaces in which humans are absent. In contrast, this collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at …
Grazing Communities
Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions
Inbunden, 2022
1921 kr
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Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge …
Living on a Time Bomb
Local Negotiations of Oil Extraction in a Mexican Community
Inbunden, 2022
1880 kr
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Providing a holistic understanding of extensive oil extraction in rural Mexico, this book focuses on a campesino community, where oil extraction is deeply inscribed into the daily lives of the community members. The book shows how oil shapes the space where it is extracted in every aspect and …
