The Chicken and the Quetzal : Incommensurate Ontologies and Portable Values in Guatemala's Cloud Forest /

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"Kockelman theorizes the creation, measurement, and capture of value by recounting the cultural history of a village in Guatemala's highland cloud forests and its relation to conservation movements and eco-tourism. In 1990 a group of German ecologists founded an NGO to help preserve the ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kockelman, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Non-governmental organizations.
Kekchi Indians > Social life and customs.
Kekchi (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Guatemala.
Ethnotourisme > Aspect social > Guatemala.
Non-governmental organizations > Guatemala.
Culture and tourism > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Guatemala.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • NGOs, ecotourists, and endangered avifauna: immaterial labor, incommensurate values, and intersubjective intentions
  • A Mayan ontology of poultry: selfhood, affect, and animals
  • From reciprocation to replacement: grading use value, labor power, and personhood
  • From measurement to meaning: standardizing and certifying homes and their inhabitance.

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