Chiloé

The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-06341-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 131 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 224 g

Reihe: Ethnobiology

Discusses the dynamic and adaptive relationship between islander and sea as a result of the ecological and cultural impact of salmon farming on the archipelago

Analyzes the ethnobiology of the potato in Chiloé and its role in islander culture
Offers insight into alternatives to modern capitalist markets through patterns of cooperation developed out of a unique set of ecological and geographic circumstances

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pitchon, Ana

Daughters, Anton

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Anton Daughters is an assistant professor of anthropology at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. His field research in Chiloé focuses on the cultural changes that have accompanied economic shifts in the region over the past forty years. He received a BA in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, a PhD from the University of Arizona, and a two-year Mellon Fellowship at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He has published in Anthropology Now, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Kiva, and Journal of the Southwest, and is a co-editor of Moquis and Kastiilam: Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History, a two-volume documentary history of the Hopi published by University of Arizona Press.

Ana Pitchon is a researcher with the firm INSITUM Consulting. A former associate professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills and assistant professor at San Jose State University, she receiveda BA in Anthropology and Spanish from Colby College and a PhD in Ecological Anthropology from the University of Georgia. She has conducted research on fisheries and coastal communities in multiple countries, with a focus on social-ecological resilience. She has published in Human Organization, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Research, CalCOFI Reports and Urban Coast.