Modern Crises And Traditional Strategies : Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellen, Roy.

Series:

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; v.6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bronze sculpture--China--Putuo Shan Island--History.

Bronze sculpture.

Buddhist sculpture--China--Putuo Shan Island--History.

Buddhist sculpture.

Ceremonial objects--China--Putuo Shan Island--History.

Ceremonial objects.

Cultural property--Repatriation--China.

Cultural property.

Ethnological museums and collections--England--Liverpool.

Ethnological museums and collections.

Museum exhibits--England--Liverpool.

Museum exhibits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.

Summary:

The 1990s have seen a growing interest in the role of local ecological knowledge in the context of sustainable development, and particularly in providing a set of responses to which populations may resort in times of political, economic and environmental instability. The period 1996-2003 in island southeast Asia represents a critical test case for understanding how this might work. The key issues explored in this book are the creation, erosion and transmission of ecological knowledge, and hybridization between traditional and scientifically-based knowledge, amongst populations facing enviro

Contents:

Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857452832

0857452835