Sökning: "ecological anthropology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden ecological anthropology.

1. 1. Shell Age Economics : Marine Gathering in the Kingdom of Tonga, Polynesia

   Författare :Thomas Malm; Humanekologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; chieftainship; cosmology; demography; marine tenure systems; tragedy of the commons ; seaweeds; marine invertebrates; gender roles; indigenous knowledge; maritime anthropology; Tongans; Tonga; Oceania; Polynesia; totemism; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This monograph analyses marine gathering in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga from ecological, social and cognitive perspectives. The overarching issues explored are (1) the significance of marine gathering in the past and present, (2) how seaweeds and marine invertebrates have been perceived, classified, named and used, (3) how they have been implicated in social relations, and (4) how the integration of the islands into the modern world system has affected the marine environment and the exploitation of its resources. LÄS MER

3. 2. Species Aid : Organizational Sensemaking in a Preservation Project in Albania

   Författare :Peter Green; Gudrun Dahl; Åsa Boholm; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Conservation; social anthropology; ecological anthropology; global environmental issues; Albania; sensemaking; organisational theory.; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : In 1994 a Hungarian fisheries biologist specialised on sturgeons revealed that there was at least one population of sturgeons belonging to the threatened sturgeon species Ac. Naccari still present in the Albanian aquatic fauna. The stage was now set for an international conservation initiative. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Burden of Responsibility : Predicaments of Environmental Life in the Caraballo Mountains, Northern Philippines

   Författare :Macario Lacbawan; Don Kulick; Claudia Merli; Deborah Gewertz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Indigeneity; Indigenous People; Environment; Conservation; Legal Recognition; Swidden Agriculture; Ikalahan People; Philippines; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : Indigenous people are not obviously, or naturally, stewards of the environment. But when the idea that they are such custodians gains legal traction, and when indigenous land-use practices are codified to reflect environmental principles, they become a burden of responsibility that has significant consequences for the lives and the livelihoods of indigenous communities. LÄS MER

5. 4. Chicagoskolan : Institutionaliseringen, idétraditionen och vetenskapen

   Författare :Oscar Andersson; Socialantropologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cities in the city; melting pot; race relation cycle; natural area; natural history; migration; marginal man; life history; invasion; hybrid; hobo; ghetto; ecology; Chicago School; disorganization; succession; transit and urbanization; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of my thesis is to investigate how the Chicago School in urban sociology, that was active between 1915 and 1935, developed and why it produced so many classical monographs during a period of about ten to fifteen years. To outline the historical reasons for the School to develop I have chosen to view the historical context as a field with different actors. LÄS MER

7. 5. Liquid landscapes: Human-water interactions and water scarcity in Yanque, Peru

   Författare :Malene Brandshaug; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; water scarcity; human-water interactions; Peru; water management; more-than-human; entanglements; coloniality; Anthropocene;

   Sammanfattning : In the farming district of Yanque in the Southern Peruvian Andes, everyday life revolves around acquiring enough water for irrigation. This thesis concerns water scarcity and focuses on a range of water management practices. LÄS MER