
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 8. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
978-90-5702-484-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures. In particular they explore the problems of translation and mistranslation in the local-global transference of traditional practices and representations of resources.
Reviews / Votes
'Excellent, thoughtful, challenging papers ... Overall, the book documents many cases of misuse and abuse of 'IK' and explains with insight problems with the concept ... Recommended for professionals and development workers.' - CHOICEMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5702-484-9 (9789057024849)
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Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
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Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
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Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
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08/2000
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Alan Bicker, Roy Ellen, Peter Parkes
Content
List of Maps, Plates and Tables, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1 Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology in the Context of National Laws and International Agreements Affecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge, Traditional Resources and Intellectual Property Rights, Chapter 2 'We Wander in our Ancestors' Yard': Sea Cucumber Gathering in Aru, Eastern Indonesia, Chapter 3 The Construction and Destruction of 'Indigenous' Knowledge in India's Joint Forest Management Programme, Chapter 4 Claims to Knowledge, Claims to Control: Environmental Conflict in the Great Himalayan National Park, India, Chapter 5 Locating Indigenous Environmental Knowledge in Indonesia, Chapter 6 'Indigenous' Regionalism in Japan, Chapter 7 The Use of Fire in Northeastern Luzon (Philippines): Conflicting Views of Local People, Scientists and Government Officials, Chapter 8 The Life-Cycle of Indigenous Knowledge, and the Case of Natural Rubber Production, Chapter 9 Enclaved Knowledge: Indigent and Indignant Representations of Environmental Management and Development among the Kalasha of Pakistan, Chapter 10 Endangered Forest, Endangered People: Environmentalist Representations of Indigenous Knowledge, Chapter 11 Indigenous Knowledge: Prospects and Limitations, Index