Description |
xii, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: a view from a point: ethnoecology as situated knowledge / Virginia D. Nazarea -- Cultural memory and sense of place -- The value of subsistence for the future of the world / Eugene S. Hunn -- Practical and religious meanings of the Navajo hogan / Lillie Lane -- The agronomy of memory and the memory of agronomy: ritual conservation of archaic cultigens in contemporary farming systems / Michael R. Dove -- Ethnoecology serving the community: a case study from Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico / Richard I. Ford -- Refocusing ethnoecology's gaze -- Lenses and latitudes in landscapes and lifescapes / Virginia D. Nazarea -- Cultural landscapes and biodiversity: the ethnoecology of an upper Río Grande watershed commons / Devon G. Pena -- Conserving folk crop varieties: different agricultures, different goals / Daniela Soleri and Steven E. Smith -- Ethnoecology makes a difference -- Plant constituents and the nutrition and health of indigenous peoples / Timothy Johns -- Sustainable production and harvest of medicinal and aromatic herbs in the Sierras de Cördoba region, Argentina / Marta Lagrotteria and James M. Affolter -- Managing the Maya commons: the value of local knowledge / Scott Atran -- Local knowledge in global context -- Safeguarding traditional resource rights of indigenous peoples / Darrell A. Posey -- A practical primer on intellectual property rights in a contemporary ethnoecological context / David J. Stephenson, Jr. -- Toward compensation: returning benefits from ethnobotanical drug discovery to native peoples / Katy Moran -- Am I my brother's keeper? / Cristine S. Kabuye -- Epilogue: Quo vadis? the promise of ethnoecology / Robert E. Rhoades and Jack Harlan. |
Subject |
Ethnobiology.
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Ethnobiology. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
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Traditional farming.
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Traditional farming. |
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Biotic communities.
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Biotic communities. |
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Indians -- Ethnobiology.
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Indians -- Ethnobiology. |
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Indians. |
Added Author |
Nazarea, Virginia D. (Virginia Dimasuay), 1954-
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ISBN |
0816518823 cloth acid-free paper |
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