Seeds of resistance, seeds of hope : place and agency in the conservation of biodiversity /

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"Food is more than simple sustenance. It feeds our minds as well as our bodies. It nurtures us emotionally as well as physically. It holds memories. In fact, one of the surprising consequences of globalization and urbanization is the expanding web of emotional attachments to farmland, to food g...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Nazarea, Virginia D. (Virginia Dimasuay), 1954- (Editor), Rhoades, Robert E. (Editor), Andrews-Swann, Jenna, 1980- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Agrobiodiversity conservation > Cross-cultural studies.
Food security > Cross-cultural studies.
Local foods > Cross-cultural studies.
Seeds > Cross-cultural studies.
Biodiversité agricole > Conservation > Études transculturelles.
Sécurité alimentaire > Études transculturelles.
Produits du terroir > Études transculturelles.
Semences > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Agrobiodiversity conservation
Food security
Local foods
Seeds
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Virginia D. Nazarea
  • Conservation beyond Design: An Introduction
  • Virginia D. Nazarea and Robert E. Rhoades
  • I. Marginality and Memory in Place-Based Conservation
  • 1. Temptation to Hope: From the “Ideaâ€? to the Milieu of Biodiversity
  • Virginia D. Nazarea
  • 2. Apples of Their Eyes: Memory Keepers of the American South
  • Susannah Chapman and Tom Brown
  • 3. Food from the Ancestors: Documentation, Conservation, and Revival of Eastern Cherokee Heirloom Plants
  • James R. Veteto and Kevin Welch
  • 4. Sense of Place and Indigenous Peopleâ€?s Biodiversity Conservation in the Americas
  • Tirso Gonzales5. Saving Our Seeds: An Indigenous Perspective from Cotacachi, Ecuador
  • Magdalena Fueres, Rodrigo Flores, and Rosita Ramos
  • 6. People, Place, and Plants in the Pacific Coast of Colombia
  • Juana Camacho
  • II. Agency and Reterritorialization in the Context of Globalization
  • 7. Maya Mother Seeds in Resistance of Highland Chiapas in Defense of Native Corn
  • Peter Brown
  • 8. Preserving Soybean Diversity in Japan
  • Richard Moore
  • 9. Complementarity and Conflict: In Situ and Ex Situ Approaches to Conserving Plant Genetic Resources
  • Cary Fowler10. Situated Meanings of Key Concepts in the Regulation of Plant Genetic Resources
  • Kristine SkarbÃ?
  • 11. Exile Landscapes of Nostalgia and Hope in the Cuban Diaspora
  • Jenna E. Andrews-Swann
  • 12. When Seeds Are Scarce: Globalization and the Response of Three Cultures
  • Robert E. Rhoades
  • Contributors
  • Index

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