Beyond the Lens of Conservation: Malagasy and Swiss Imaginations of One Another: 20 (Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology, 20) - Softcover

Keller, Eva

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785335227 ISBN 13: 9781785335228

Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2017

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"[Keller's] ability to keep her discussions grounded in tangible examples makes the monograph ideal for undergraduate and graduate readers interested in conservation, environmental anthropology, and political ecology. By bringing together Swiss and Malagasy voices, the book also provides students with an entry point into considering their own potential roles in producing and circulating global environmental imaginations." * Current Anthropology

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The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? The study investigates how the Malagasy farmers living at the edge of the park perceive the conservation enterprise and what people in Switzerland see when looking towards Madagascar through the lens of the zoo exhibit. It crystallizes that the stories told in either place have almost nothing in common: one focuses on power and history, the other on morality and progress. Thus, instead of building a bridge, Nature conservation widens the gap between people in the North and the South.

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• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785335227
• ISBN 13: 9781785335228
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260