Grazing communities [electronic book] : pastoralism on the move and biocultural heritage frictions / edited by Letizia Bindi.
Contributor(s): Bindi, Letizia [editor]
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BookSeries: Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology: 29Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800734753 (hardback); 9781800736672 (e-Book).Subject(s): Subsistence farming -- History | Farms, Small -- History | EthnobiologyDDC classification: 338.16 Online resources: e-Book Summary: Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds and herders in different European regions. Transhumance and extensive breeding are revitalized as a potential resource for inner and rural areas of Europe against depopulation and as an efficient form of farming deeply influencing landscape and functioning as a perfect eco-system service. This book is an occasion to reconsider grazing communities' frictions in the new global heritage scenario.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds and herders in different European regions. Transhumance and extensive breeding are revitalized as a potential resource for inner and rural areas of Europe against depopulation and as an efficient form of farming deeply influencing landscape and functioning as a perfect eco-system service. This book is an occasion to reconsider grazing communities' frictions in the new global heritage scenario.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds and herders in different European regions. Transhumance and extensive breeding are revitalized as a potential resource for inner and rural areas of Europe against depopulation and as an efficient form of farming deeply influencing landscape and functioning as a perfect eco-system service. This book is an occasion to reconsider grazing communities' frictions in the new global heritage scenario.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures (p. vii)
- Foreword (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Pastoralism as a Biocultural Heritage?
- Chapter 1 Transhumance in Greece: Multifunctionality as an Asset for Sustainable Development (p. 23)
- Chapter 2 The Conflict of Itinerant Pastoralism in the Piedmont Po Plain (Collina Po Biosphere Reserve, Italy) (p. 44)
- Chapter 3 Between Two Different Worlds: Pastoralism and Protected Natural Areas in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (p. 61)
- Chapter 4 Reintroducing Bears and Restoring Shepherding Practices: The Production of a Wild Heritage Landscape in the Central Pyrenees (p. 81)
- Chapter 5 Transhumance in Kelmend, Northern Albania: Traditions, Contemporary Challenges, and Sustainable Development (p. 102)
- Chapter 6 Revisiting Transhumance from Stilfs, South Tyrol, Italy: The Everyday Diverse Economy of a Forgotten Alternative Food Network (p. 121)
- Part II Discontinuities and Transformations
- Chapter 7 Transhumance Is the New Black: Fragile Rangelands and Local Regeneration (p. 149)
- Chapter 8 Continuities and Disruptions in Transhumance Practices in the Silesian Beskids (Poland): The Case of Koniaków Village (p. 174)
- Chapter 9 Contemporary Transformation of the Pastoral System in the Romanian Carpathian: A Case Study from Maramures Region (p. 203)
- Chapter 10 Mountain Pasture in Friuli (Italy): Past and Present (p. 222)
- Chapter 11 From Nomadism to Ranching Economy: Reindeer Transhumance among the Finnish Sami (p. 241)
- Chapter 12 Wandering Shepherds: New and Old Transhumances in Sardinia and Sicily (p. 259)
- Chapter 13 The Coexistence of Transhumance Shepherding Practices and Tourism on Bjela¿nica Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina (p. 280)
- Afterword. Desire for Transhumance (p. 300)
- Index (p. 308)