Chiloé The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture /

Chiloé The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture /

This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile's Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. Co...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Daughters, Anton (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pitchon, Ana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Ethnobiology,
Subjects:
Plant systematics.
Plant taxonomy.
Biodiversity.
Anthropology.
Plant ecology.
Plant anatomy.
Plant development.
Plant physiology.
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
Plant Ecology.
Plant Anatomy/Development.
Plant Physiology.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Chiloé Today and over the Centuries
  • Chapter 2: Local Knowledge, Local Networks and Successful Cooperative Mussel Aquaculture on Chiloé
  • Chapter 3: Livelihood Diversification as a Form of Resilience? An Ethnographic Account of Artisanal Fishers in Chile's Lakes Region
  • Chapter 4: Food and Culture in Chiloé: Potatoes, Curanto, and Chicha
  • Chapter 5: Trueque Chilote: Traditional Barter Networks Connect Nature and Society in Northern Patagonia
  • Chapter 6: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Firewood Trade in Southern Chile
  • Chapter 7: How Households Are Made: Marriage, Independence and Productivity on the Island of Apiao, Chiloé.

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