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Working with the ancestors : mana and place in the Marquesas Islands / Emily C. Donaldson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donaldson, Emily C., author.
- Series:
- Culture, place, and nature.
- Culture, place, and nature: studies in anthropology and environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--French Polynesia--Marquesas Islands.
- Ethnology.
- Sacred space--French Polynesia--Marquesas Islands.
- Sacred space.
- Mana--French Polynesia--Marquesas Islands.
- Mana.
- Land use--Social aspects--French Polynesia--Marquesas Islands.
- Land use.
- Marquesas Islands--Social life and customs.
- Marquesas Islands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Throughout the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, forest spirits share space with ancestral ruins and active agricultural plots, affecting land use and heritage preservation. As Marquesans continue their efforts to establish UNESCO World Heritage status, they grapple with questions about when sites should be preserved intact, when neglect is an appropriate option, and when deterioration resulting from local livelihoods should be accepted.In Working with the Ancestors Emily Donaldson considers how Marquesan perceptions of heritage and mana, or sacred power, have influenced the use of land in the islands and how both cultural and environmental sustainability can be achieved. The Marquesas’ relative geographical isolation and ecological richness are the backdrop for the confluence of international heritage preservation and sustainability efforts that affect both resources and Indigenous peoples. Donaldson demonstrates how anthropological concepts of embodiment, alienation, place, and power can inform global resource management, offering a new approach that integrates analyses of policy, practice, and heritage.
- Contents:
- The sacred and the sustainable
- Marquesan lands : a living history
- Contested lands : the tenure of ancestral places
- Spirits and bodies : Marquesan engagements with place and the past
- Living from the land : livelihoods, heritage, and development
- Beyond heritage : power, respect, and UNESCO
- Sustainability and loss : heritage management in practice
- Building a future on sacred lands.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295745848
- 0295745843
- OCLC:
- 1080250596
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