03288nam 2200685 450 991046371590332120200520144314.01-78533-522-71-78238-553-3(CKB)2670000000594112(EBL)1707805(SSID)ssj0001439837(PQKBManifestationID)11886459(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001439837(PQKBWorkID)11384136(PQKB)10189665(MiAaPQ)EBC1707805(Au-PeEL)EBL1707805(CaPaEBR)ebr11019561(CaONFJC)MIL726356(OCoLC)904404011(EXLCZ)99267000000059411220150220h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond the lens of conservation Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another /Eva KellerFirst edition.New York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :berghahn,2015.©20151 online resource (258 p.)Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ;Volume 30Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-552-5 1-322-95074-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 almStudies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ;Volume 30.Nature conservationSocial aspectsNature conservationSocial aspectsMadagascarNature conservationSocial aspectsSwitzerlandRain forest conservationParc national de Masoala (Madagascar)Electronic books.Nature conservationSocial aspects.Nature conservationSocial aspectsNature conservationSocial aspectsRain forest conservation.333.72Keller Eva854958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463715903321Beyond the lens of conservation1909085UNINA