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Beyond the lens of conservation : Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another /
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 f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2015.
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| Colección: | Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ;
v. 20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 244 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782385530 1782385533 1322950741 9781322950747 |