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Author Keller, Eva.

Title Beyond the lens of conservation : Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another / Eva Keller.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2015.
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages).
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Series Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 20
Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 20.
Contents 1. A Virtual Tour through Little Masoala; 2. Intention and Perception ; 3. Zooming In on Morality; 4. A Kind of People; 5. The Coconut Schema; Extract from 'Marrakech', written by George Orwell in 1939; 6. Living with the Masoala National Park; 7. The Banana Plant and the Moon; 8. The Island of the Wanderer ; 9. Who Are 'They'?; 10. Historical reflections; Conclusions.
Summary 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 far-flung places? The study investigates how the Malagasy farmers living at the edge of the park perceive the conservation enterprise and what people in Switzerland see when looking towards Madagascar through the lens of the zoo exhibit. It crystallizes that the stories told in either place have alm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Nature conservation -- Social aspects.
Nature conservation -- Social aspects.
Nature conservation.
Nature conservation -- Social aspects -- Madagascar.
Madagascar.
Nature conservation -- Social aspects -- Switzerland.
Switzerland.
Rain forest conservation.
Rain forest conservation.
Parc national de Masoala (Madagascar)
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Keller, Eva. Beyond the lens of conservation : Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, ©2015 9781782385523 (DLC) 2014029566
ISBN 9781782385530 (electronic book)
1782385533 (electronic book)
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9781322950747 (electronic book)
9781782385523
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