Managing Animals in New Guinea analyzes the place of animals in the lives of New Guinea Highlanders. Looking at issues of zoological classification, hunting of wild animals and management of domesticated ones, notably pigs, it asks how natural parameters affect people's livelihood strategies and their relations with animals and the wider environment.
Managing Animals in New Guinea analyzes the place of animals in the lives of New Guinea Highlanders. Looking at issues of zoological classification, hunting of wild animals and management of domesticated ones, notably pigs, it asks how natural parameters affect people's livelihood strategies and their relations with animals and the wider environment.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Sillitoe is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham and former Nuffield Fellow in Tropical Agriculture. He has worked extensively in Papua New Guinea. His previous books include Participating in Development (Routledge, 2002), Horticulture in Papua New Guinea (2002), Indigenous Knowledge Development in Bangladesh (2000) and A Place Against Time: Land and Environment in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (1996).
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List of figures List of tables Liust of plates Introduction PART 1 WHAT'S THE GAME? THE FOREST AND ITS ANIMALS 1.1 What's that Bird? 1.2 The Birds. 1.3 Methods and knowledge 1.4 Furry Animals. 1.5 Disagreements over Identifications 1.6 Frogs and 'Others' 1.7 Insects and Small Reptiles 1.8 Taxonomic politics 1.9 Negotiated Taxonomy 1.10 Agreeing to Disagree PART 2 WHERE'S THE GAME? HUNTING AND FORAGING 2.1 First Impressions 2.2 Access to Forest 2.3 Forest Resources 2.4 Knowing Animals 2.5 Spell Knowledge 2.6 Hunting Techniques 2.7 Returns on Hunting Efforts 2.8 Hunting and Social Status 2.9 Sharing Game 2.10 Wild Plant and Other Foods 2.11 Hunter Gathering in the Highlands? 2.12 Managing Limited Wild Resources PART 3 WHEN THEY'RE TAME? PIG MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION 3.1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands 3.2 The Pigs 3.3 Pig Management 3.4 Bespelling Pigs 3.5 Ethnovetinary Practices 3.6 Pig Herd Demography 3.7 Pig Ownership 3.8 Pig Politics 3.9 The Work of Pig Management. 3.10 Pigs in the Past, Present and Future. 3.11 Conclusion REFERENCES
List of figures List of tables Liust of plates Introduction PART 1 WHAT'S THE GAME? THE FOREST AND ITS ANIMALS 1.1 What's that Bird? 1.2 The Birds. 1.3 Methods and knowledge 1.4 Furry Animals. 1.5 Disagreements over Identifications 1.6 Frogs and 'Others' 1.7 Insects and Small Reptiles 1.8 Taxonomic politics 1.9 Negotiated Taxonomy 1.10 Agreeing to Disagree PART 2 WHERE'S THE GAME? HUNTING AND FORAGING 2.1 First Impressions 2.2 Access to Forest 2.3 Forest Resources 2.4 Knowing Animals 2.5 Spell Knowledge 2.6 Hunting Techniques 2.7 Returns on Hunting Efforts 2.8 Hunting and Social Status 2.9 Sharing Game 2.10 Wild Plant and Other Foods 2.11 Hunter Gathering in the Highlands? 2.12 Managing Limited Wild Resources PART 3 WHEN THEY'RE TAME? PIG MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION 3.1 Pigmanship in the New Guinea Highlands 3.2 The Pigs 3.3 Pig Management 3.4 Bespelling Pigs 3.5 Ethnovetinary Practices 3.6 Pig Herd Demography 3.7 Pig Ownership 3.8 Pig Politics 3.9 The Work of Pig Management. 3.10 Pigs in the Past, Present and Future. 3.11 Conclusion REFERENCES
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