Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2018
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-78533-988-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic analysis, it demonstrates that flexible interplay among multiple modes of environmental understanding and decision-making allows the Wapishana to navigate social-ecological complexity successfully in ways that reconcile short-term material needs with long-term maintenance and enhancement of the resource base.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78533-988-2 (9781785339882)
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Thomas Henfrey
Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
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09/2018
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
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Thomas Henfrey
Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Berghahn Books
€24.49
Available for download
Person
Thomas Henfrey is Senior Research Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems and a collaborator at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change at Lisbon University. His previous publications include Wapishana Ethnoecology, Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation and the edited volume Resilience, Community Action and Societal Transformation.
Content
Preface
List of Figures
PART I: EDGES
Chapter 1. Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Chapter 2. Integral Theory and Integral Ecology
Chapter 3. Integral Ecology and Ecological Anthropology
Chapter 4. Steps to an Integral Ecological Anthropology
Chapter 5. Babylon and the 'Crisis of Modernity'.
p>PART II: FRINGES
Chapter 6. Overview of Wapishana Settlement and Subsistence
Chapter 7. A Plural Reality
Chapter 8. Panarchy in the Deep South
Chapter 9. Composite Epistemology in Wapishana Subsistence
Chapter 10. An Integral Ecology of Wapishana Subsistence
PART III: FRONTIERS
Chapter 11. Traditional and Babylon Ecologies
Chapter 12. Cultural Edges and Frontiers
References
List of Figures
PART I: EDGES
Chapter 1. Edges, Fringes, Frontiers
Chapter 2. Integral Theory and Integral Ecology
Chapter 3. Integral Ecology and Ecological Anthropology
Chapter 4. Steps to an Integral Ecological Anthropology
Chapter 5. Babylon and the 'Crisis of Modernity'.
p>PART II: FRINGES
Chapter 6. Overview of Wapishana Settlement and Subsistence
Chapter 7. A Plural Reality
Chapter 8. Panarchy in the Deep South
Chapter 9. Composite Epistemology in Wapishana Subsistence
Chapter 10. An Integral Ecology of Wapishana Subsistence
PART III: FRONTIERS
Chapter 11. Traditional and Babylon Ecologies
Chapter 12. Cultural Edges and Frontiers
References