Edges, fringes, frontiers : integral ecology, indigenous knowledge and sustainability in Guyana / Thomas Henfrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henfrey, Thomas, author.

Series:

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 23.

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wapisiana Indians--Ethnobiology.

Wapisiana Indians.

Subsistence economy--Guyana.

Subsistence economy.

Ethnobiology--Guyana.

Ethnobiology.

Human ecology--Guyana.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.

Summary:

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 socio-ecological complexity successfully in ways that reconcile short-term material needs with long-term maintenance and enhancement of the resource base.

Contents:

Edges

Edges, fringes, frontiers

Integral theory and integral ecology

Integral ecology and ecological anthropology

Steps to an integral ecological anthropology

Babylon and the 'crisis of modernity'

Finges

Overview of Wapishana settlement & subsistence

A plural reality

Panarchy in the deep South

Composite epistemology in Wapishana subsistence

An integral ecology of Wapishana subsistence

Frontiers

Traditional and Babylon ecologies

Cultural edges and frontiers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-952-8

1-78533-989-3