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

• Autore: Ellen Roy
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Berghahn Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.20959
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Modern Crises And Traditional Strategies
• ISBN: 0-85745-283-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787881503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology