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Cultivating Arctic landscapes : knowing and managing animals in the circumpolar North /

In the last two decades, there has been an increased awareness of the traditions and issues that link aboriginal people across the circumpolar North. One of the key aspects of the lives of circumpolar peoples, be they in Scandinavia, Alaska, Russia, or Canada, is their relationship to the wild anima...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, David G. (David George), 1965-, Nuttall, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 Reindeer, Caribou and 'Fairy Stories' of State Power; Chapter 2 Uses and Abuses of 'Traditional Knowledge': Perspectives from Yukon Territory; Chapter 3 Local Knowledge in Greenland: Artic Perspectives and Contextual Differences; Chapter 4 Codifying Knowledge about Caribou: The History of Inuit Oaujimajatuqangit in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada; Chapter 5 A Story about a Muskox: Some Implications of Tetlit Gwich'in Human-Animal Relationships.
  • Chapter 6 'We did not want the muskox to increase': Inuvialuit Knowledge about Muskox and Caribou Populations on Banks Island, CanadaChapter 7 Political Ecology in Swedish Saamiland; Chapter 8 Saami Pastoral Society in Northern Norway: The National Integration of an Indigenous Management System; Chapter 9 Chukotkan Reindeer Husbandry in the Twentieth Century: In the Image of the Soviet Economy; Chapter 10 A Genealogy of the Concept of 'Wanton Slaughter' in Canadian Wildlife Biology.
  • Chapter 11 Caribou Crisis or Administrative Crisis? Wildlife and Aboriginal Policies on the Barren Grounds of Canada, 1947-60Chapter 12 Epilogue; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index.