| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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| Series |
Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 10
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Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of figures, maps and tables; List of contributors Preface ; Roy Ellen PART I: THE CURRENT STATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE RESEARCH Introduction ; Serena Heckler Chapter 1. A genealogy of scientific representations of indigenous knowledge; Stanford Zent PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND POWER Chapter 2. The cultural and economic globalisation of traditional environmental knowledge systems; Miguel Alexiades Chapter 3. Competing and coexisting with cormorants: Ambiguity and change in European wetlands; David N. Carss and Mariella Marzano Chapter 4. Pathways to developmen: Identity, landscape & industry in Papua New Guinea; Emma Gilberthorpe PART III: PROCESS IN ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE Chapter 5. How do they see it? Traditional resource management, disturbance and biodiversity conservation in Papua New Guinea; William Thomas Chapter 6. Wild plants as agricultural indicators: Linking Ethnobotany with traditional ecological knowledge; Takeshi Fujimoto Chapter 7. How does migration affect ethnobotanical knowledge and social organisation in a west Papuan village?; Manuel Boissière PART IV: LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE Chapter 8. Reproduction and development of expertise within communities of practice: A case study of fishing activities in south Buton; Daniel Vermonden Chapter 9. Review of an attempt to apply the carrying capacity concept in the New Guinea highlands: Cultural practice disconcerts ecological expectation; Paul Sillitoe Chapter 10. Managing the Gabra Oromo commons of Kenya, past and present; Aneesa Kassam and Francis Chachu Ganya Notes on contributors; Index |
| Summary |
In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions, for instance that scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK or that incorporating it into development projects will improve the physical, social or economic well-being of marginalized peoples. The contributors to this volume argue that to accurately and appropriately describe TEK, the historical and political forces that have shaped it, as well as people's day-to-day engage. |
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English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnoecology.
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Conservation of natural resources.
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Sustainable development.
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Environmental education.
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sustainable development. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. |
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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Environmental education. |
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Ethnoecology. |
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Sustainable development. |
| Added Author |
Heckler, Serena.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Landscape, process and power. New York : Berghahn Books, 2009 (DLC) 2008033907 |
| ISBN |
9781845459048 (electronic bk.) |
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1845459040 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845455491 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1845455495 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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1282627635 |
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9781282627635 |
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9786612627637 |
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6612627638 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9781845459048 |
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