Birders of Africa : History of a network /

In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who assisted them. Drawing on ethnography, scientific publications, private archives, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobs, Nancy J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Colección:Yale agrarian studies.
Temas:
Bird watchers > Africa > History.
Ornithologists > Africa > History.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Africa.
Ornithologues amateurs > Afrique > Histoire.
Ornithologues > Afrique > Histoire.
Savoirs écologiques traditionnels > Afrique.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Bird watchers
Ornithologists
Traditional ecological knowledge
Ornithologe
Ornithologie
Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this unique and unprecedented study of birding in Africa, historian Nancy Jacobs reconstructs the collaborations between well-known ornithologists and the largely forgotten guides, hunters, and taxidermists who assisted them. Drawing on ethnography, scientific publications, private archives, and interviews, Jacobs asks: How did white ornithologists both depend on and operate distinctively from African birders? What investment did African birders have in collaborating with ornithologists? By distilling the interactions between European science and African vernacular knowledge, this stunningly illustrated work offers a fascinating examination of the colonial and postcolonial politics of expertise about nature.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-314) and index.
ISBN:9780300220803
0300220804

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