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Landscape, Process and Power - (Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology) by Serena Heckler (Paperback)

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  • In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions.
  • Author(s): Serena Heckler
  • 304 Pages
  • Business + Money Management, Development
  • Series Name: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

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In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK or that incorporating it into development projects will improve the physical, social or economic well-being of marginalized peoples. The contributors to this volume argue that to accurately and appropriately describe TEK, the historical and political forces that have shaped it, as well as people's day-to-day engagement with the landscape around them must be taken into account. TEK thus emerges, not as an easily translatable tool for development experts, but as a rich and complex element of contemporary lives that should be defined and managed by indigenous and local peoples themselves.



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"...presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional environmental knowledge (TEK)and the directions in which it has evolved in recent years...Individually but especially together, the contributors of this volume do a fine job at providing a contextualized and fluid understanding of TEK...I have no hesitation in recommending this volume not only to anyone wishing to catch up on recent developments in TEK research, but also as a useful teaching resource in a range of anthropology courses." - JRAI

"This volume succeeds in its purpose to dislodge enduring western notions of TEK [traditional environmental knowledge] as static and to firmly center it within an analytical framework of landscape, process, and power...The critical perspectives of the authors of this book would prompt lively discussion in the classroom, and the books grounding in ethnographic detail and applications are of interest to both research academics and practitioners." - Ethnobiology Letters


Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .64 Inches (D)
Weight: .91 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Development
Series Title: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Theme: Sustainable Development
Format: Paperback
Author: Serena Heckler
Language: English
Street Date: February 1, 2012
TCIN: 1004135536
UPC: 9780857456137
Item Number (DPCI): 247-24-1304
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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