The cultural context of biodiversity conservation : seen and unseen dimensions of Indigenous knowledge among Q'eqchi' communities in Guatemala

The cultural context of biodiversity conservation seen and unseen dimensions of Indigenous knowledge among Q'eqchi' communities in Guatemala

How are biological diversity, protected areas, indigenous knowledge and religious worldviews related? From an anthropological perspective, this book provides an introduction into the complex subject of conservation policies that cannot be addressed without recognising the encompassing relationship b...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Maass, Petra, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Göttingen], Germany : Universitätsverlag Göttingen 2008
2008.
Series:Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie ; volume 2.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation > Guatemala.
Biodiversity conservation > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Kekchi Indians > Science.
Ethnoscience > Guatemala.
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Ecology
biodiversity
anthropology
Guatemala
indigenous population
Q'eqchi'
Traditional knowledge
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423175806719
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction-from global to local
  • The global context- international policies and local environments
  • The discursive context- conceptual approaches from anthropology
  • The local context-national policies and indigenous communities
  • Local expressions of indigenous knowledge
  • Concluding remarks- from local to global
  • Epilogue.

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