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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788192403321

Autore

Keller Eva

Titolo

Beyond the lens of conservation : Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another / / Eva Keller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78533-522-7

1-78238-553-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; ; Volume 30

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Nature conservation - Social aspects

Nature conservation - Social aspects - Madagascar

Nature conservation - Social aspects - Switzerland

Rain forest conservation

Parc national de Masoala (Madagascar)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beyond the Lens of Conservation; Contents; Introduction; Part I; 1 A Virtual Tour through Little Masoala; 2 Intention and Perception ; 3 Zooming In on Morality; 4 A Kind of People; 5 The Coconut Schema; Extract from 'Marrakech', written by George Orwell in 1939 ; Part II ; 6 Living with the Masoala  National Park; 7 The Banana Plant and the Moon; 8 The Island of the Wanderer ; 9 Who Are 'They'?; 10 Historical reflections; Conclusions ; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? The study investigates how the Malagasy farmers living at the edge of the park perceive the conservation enterprise and what people in Switzerland see when looking towards Madagascar through the lens of the zoo exhibit. It crystallizes that the stories told in either place have alm