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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787881503321

Autore

Ellen Roy

Titolo

Modern Crises And Traditional Strategies [[electronic resource] ] : Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

0-85745-283-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; ; v.6

Disciplina

304.20959

Soggetti

Bronze sculpture - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Buddhist sculpture - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Ceremonial objects - China - Putuo Shan Island - History

Cultural property - Repatriation - China

Ethnological museums and collections - England - Liverpool

Museum exhibits - England - Liverpool

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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