The cultural context of biodiversity conservation : seen and unseen dimensions of indigenous knowledge among Q'eqchi' communities in Guatemala /

How are biological diversity, protected areas, indigenous knowledge and religious worldviews related? From an anthropological perspective, this book provides an introduction into the complex subject of conservation policies that cannot be addressed without recognising the encompassing relationship b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maass, Petra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Akron, Ohio] : University of Akron Press, 2010
Edición:North American ed.
Colección:Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie ; v. 2.
Temas:
Landscape assessment > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Ethnology > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Protected areas > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Human ecology > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Kekchi Indians > Science > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Kekchi Indians > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Biodiversity conservation > Social aspects > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Paysages > Évaluation > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Ethnologie > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Aires protégées > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Écologie humaine > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Kekchi > Sciences > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Kekchi > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Savoirs écologiques traditionnels > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Aspect social > Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
SCIENCE > General.
Biodiversity conservation > Social aspects.
Ethnology.
Human ecology.
Kekchi Indians.
Landscape assessment.
Protected areas.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Guatemala > Alta Verapaz.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • from global to local
  • The interdisciplinary approach
  • What's it all about?
  • Research perspectives
  • The conceptual scheme
  • THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
  • international policies and local environments
  • Biodiversity and indigenous communities
  • The Convention on Biological Diversity
  • In situ conservation and protected area management
  • Biodiversity conservation and indigenous knowledge
  • THE DISCURSIVE CONTEXT
  • conceptual approaches from anthropology
  • Environmental anthropology
  • Contributions from political ecology
  • Biodiversity as transcultural discourse
  • Conceptualising nature
  • Multi-sited ethnography
  • Perspectives on protected area management
  • Conservation paradigms and local livelihoods
  • From conflict to cooperation
  • From principles to practice
  • The remaining quest for participation
  • Anthropology of landscape
  • The polysemic texture of landscape
  • Environmental imagery and identity
  • Of emplacement and emotional involvement
  • A matter of worldview
  • Anthropology of indigenous knowledge
  • The conceptual dimension
  • definitions and approaches
  • The empirical dimension
  • the context of doing
  • The symbolic dimension
  • the context of meaning
  • The epistemological dimension
  • indigenous knowledge and science
  • THE LOCAL CONTEXT
  • national policies and indigenous communities
  • The national context
  • Biological and cultural diversity
  • Historical accounts
  • From past to present
  • Environmental policies
  • The Maya-Q'eqchi'
  • Local economy and social structures
  • Historical references
  • The conservational context
  • The National Park Laguna Lachuá
  • The co-management approach
  • The ethnographic context
  • The study sites
  • Methodological considerations
  • LOCAL EXPRESSIONS OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
  • The context of doing
  • the empirical dimension
  • Land use systems
  • The milpa cycle
  • Silvicultural and horticultural practices
  • Further subsistence activities
  • The context of meaning
  • the symbolic dimension
  • The indigenous worldview
  • Agricultural symbolism
  • Ritual practice
  • The sacred landscape
  • The context of change
  • the transformational dimension
  • The dynamics of knowledge production
  • Knowledge transmission in educational settings
  • Origins of knowledge fragmentation
  • Knowledge encounters in conservational settings
  • Outcomes and prospects
  • The seen and the unseen
  • From present to future
  • Towards a conservation of bio-cultural diversity
  • Rethinking scientific assumptions
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • from local to global
  • Epilogue.

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