Indigeneity and the sacred : indigenous revival and the conservation of sacred natural sites in the Americas / edited by Fausto Sarmiento and Sarah Hitchner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarmiento, Fausto O., editor.

Hitchner, Sarah, editor.

Series:

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 22.

Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; Volume 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--America.

Indigenous peoples.

Cultural landscapes.

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.

Sacred space--Conservation and restoration.

America.

Sacred space--Conservation and restoration--America.

Sacred space.

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--America.

Historic sites.

Cultural landscapes--America.

Nature--Religious aspects.

Nature.

Protected areas--Management.

Protected areas.

Physical Description:

xxi, 256 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2017]

Summary:

Interest in environmental anthropology and ethnobiological knowledge has grown steadily in recent years, reflecting national and international concern about the environment and developing research priorities. 'Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology' is an international series based at the University of Kent at Canterbury. It is a vehicle for publishing up-to-date monographs and edited works on particular issues, themes, places, or peoples which focus on the interrelationship between society, culture, and the environment. This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development scenarios within cultural landscapes related to the appropriation of religion, environmental change in indigenous territories, and new conservation management approaches. Indigeneity and the Sacred explores how these struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reconstituted as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation

Introduction: Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion / Randall Borman Borman, Randall 3

Chapter 1 Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites / Bas Verschuuren Verschuuren, Bas, Robert Wild Wild, Robert, Gerard Verschoor Verschoor, Gerard 11

Chapter 2 Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality: An Essay on the Geography of Religions / Axel Borsdorf Borsdorf, Axel 41

Part 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes

Introduction to Part 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes / Fausto Sarmiento Sarmiento, Fausto, Sarah Hitchner Hitchner, Sarah 65

Chapter 3 El Buen Vivir and "the Good Life": A South-North Binary Perspective on the Indigenous, the Sacred, and Their Conservation / Esmeralda Guevara Guevara, Esmeralda, Larry M. Frolich Frolich, Larry M. 67

Chapter 4 Sacred Mountains: Sources of Indigenous Revival and Sustenance / Edwin Bernbaum Bernbaum, Edwin 92

Chapter 5 Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity / Constanza Ceruti Ceruti, Constanza 105

Chapter 6 Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time / Christoph Stadel Stadel, Christoph 119

Chapter 7 National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places / David F. Ruppert Ruppert, David F., Charles W. Smythe Smythe, Charles W. 133

Part 3 Case Studies

Introduction to Part 3 Case Studies / Fausto Sarmiento Sarmiento, Fausto, Sarah Hitchner Hitchner, Sarah 161

Chapter 8 Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland / Benjamin A. Steere Steere, Benjamin A. 163

Chapter 9 Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico / Mindahi Crescencio Bastida Muñoz Muñoz, Mindahi Crescencio Bastida, Geraldine Patrick Encina Encina, Geraldine Patrick 186

Chapter 10 New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador: A Brief Political View of Sacred Sites in Ecuador / Xavier Viteri O. O., Xavier Viteri 205

Chapter 11 Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon: New Directions for Sacred Site Conservation and Indigenous Revival / Fernando Roca Alcázar Alcázar, Fernando Roca 214

Part 4 Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Indigeneity and the sacred

ISBN:

9781785333965

1785333968

OCLC:

989123701

Publisher Number:

40027329187