Symbolism, knowledge and management of soil and land resources in indigenous communities ethnopedology at global, regional and local scales
This book contributes in several ways to make progress in ethnopedology as a hybrid discipline and as an interdisciplinary field nurtured by natural as well as social sciences, including anthropology, geopedology, agronomy and geography, among others. First, it develops an integral research approach, which includes the symbolic (Kosmos), cognitive (Corpus) and management (Praxis) dominions of social theories about soil and land resources, here referred to as the K-C-P complex or model. It also argues that ethnopedological studies should put emphasis on the political, cultural, economic and ecological context of the social actors, as they are the prime producers and users of social theories about soil and land. This would allow ethnopedology to go beyond the limited technical analyses, which focus exclusively on comparing local soil classifications with scientific classifications. Secondly, it develops a systemic methodological framework with the application of techniques allowing to store, retrieve, organize, co-validate and analyze data and information on social theories about soil and land resources, including data processing in GIS environment. The third contribution of this book consists in the use of a multi-scale approach, which provides information from global to regional to local scales. This allows to evaluate multiple and diverse aspects of ethnopedological information, such as the links between local soil knowledge and the maintenance of biological, agricultural and cultural diversities at regional and global levels. It also permits to evaluate and compare ethnopedological findings for practical and theoretical purposes, contributing to enrich studies on nature-humans-culture relations.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Enschede, The Netherlands Narciso Barrera-Bassols
2003
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| Subjects: | Manejo de suelos, Grupos étnicos, Recursos del suelo, Conocimiento ecológico tradicional, Etnopedología, Ecología humana, |
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