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Edges, Fringes, Frontiers : Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana / Thomas Henfrey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; 23Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781785339882
  • 9781785339899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.209881 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Edges -- Chapter 1 Edges, Fringes, Frontiers -- Chapter 2 Integral Theory and Integral Ecology -- Chapter 3 Integral Ecology and Ecological Anthropology -- Chapter 4 Steps to an Integral Ecological Anthropology -- Chapter 5 Babylon and the ‘Crisis of Modernity’ -- Part II Fringes -- Introduction -- Chapter 6 Overview of Wapishana Settlement and Subsistence -- Chapter 7 A Plural Reality -- Chapter 8 Panarchy in the Deep South -- Chapter 9 Composite Epistemology in Wapishana Subsistence -- Chapter 10 An Integral Ecology of Wapishana Subsistence -- Part III Frontiers -- Chapter 11 Traditional and Babylonian Ecologies -- Chapter 12 Cultural Edges and Frontiers -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
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.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Edges -- Chapter 1 Edges, Fringes, Frontiers -- Chapter 2 Integral Theory and Integral Ecology -- Chapter 3 Integral Ecology and Ecological Anthropology -- Chapter 4 Steps to an Integral Ecological Anthropology -- Chapter 5 Babylon and the ‘Crisis of Modernity’ -- Part II Fringes -- Introduction -- Chapter 6 Overview of Wapishana Settlement and Subsistence -- Chapter 7 A Plural Reality -- Chapter 8 Panarchy in the Deep South -- Chapter 9 Composite Epistemology in Wapishana Subsistence -- Chapter 10 An Integral Ecology of Wapishana Subsistence -- Part III Frontiers -- Chapter 11 Traditional and Babylonian Ecologies -- Chapter 12 Cultural Edges and Frontiers -- Conclusion -- References -- Index

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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