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Landscape Ethnoecology: Concepts of Biotic and Physical Space

Landscape Ethnoecology: Concepts of Biotic and Physical Space

Hardcover

Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology, Book 9

AnthropologyEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1845456130
ISBN13: 9781845456139
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Feb 1 2010
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored place in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of kinds of place, or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources. The contributors go beyond the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) literature and offer valuable insights on ecology and on land and resources management, emphasizing the perception of landscape above the level of species and their folk classification. Focusing on the ways traditional people perceive and manage land and biotic resources within diverse regional and cultural settings, the contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies from North America, Mexico, Amazonia, tropical Asia, Africa and Europe.

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