Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet, Helen Kopnina

Culture and Conservation (eBook, ePUB)

Beyond Anthropocentrism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an analysis of conservation - that is, how it is perceived, practiced, as well as how it is changing, and being studied within communities and across cultures and disciplines. It examines the ways in which anthropologists study environmental damage and repair, criticizing the ways in which they remain biased and overlook the damage done by "traditional" cultures, and offer examples and ideas on how to reconcile the rift between the study of people and the promotion of environmental well being.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317937289
• Artikelnr.: 49366975

Autorenporträt

Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet is an environmental anthropologist and currently teaches in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut, USA. Her research focuses on human-environment interactions, cross-cultural conservation practices, community response to natural hazards and the effects of climate change.

Helen Kopnina is currently lecturer in anthropology and development and environmental anthropology at the Leiden University, the Netherlands. She is also a coordinator and lecturer of Sustainable Business program and researcher in the fields of environmental education and environmental social sciences at The Hague University of Applied Science, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Exploring human-nature dualism and the history of the
environment in anthropology 2. The Social Construction of Nature 3.
Mainstream Conservation and Alternative Environmentalism 4. Communities and
Conservation 5. Debates over Incentive-based Conservation Programs 6.
Environmental Ethics and Rights for Human and Non-human Species 7.
Environmental Justice and Democratic Legitimacy 8. Sustaining the
Unsustainable: Debates over Development, Population and Consumption 9.
Education for Environment's Sake 10. Attempting Reconciliation and Moving
Forward