Trail of Story, Traveller's Path
Reflections on Ethnoecology and Landscape
Trail of Story examines the meaning of landscape, drawn from Leslie Main Johnson's rich experience with diverse environments and peoples, including the Gitksan and Witsuwit'en of northwestern British Columbia, the Kaska Dene of the southern Yukon, and the Gwich'in of the Mackenzie Delta.With passion and conviction, Johnson maintains that our response to our environment shapes our culture, determines our lifestyle, defines our identity, and sets the tone for our relationships and economies. With photos, she documents the landscape and contrasts the ecological relationships with land of First Nations peoples to those of non-indigenous scientist…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-897425-36-7
- EAN: 9781897425367
- Produktnummer: 29059607
- Verlag: Au Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'784 KB
Über den Autor
Leslie Main Johnson is associate professor in the Centre for Work and Community Studies and the Centre for Integrated Studies, Athabasca University. Her research interests include ethnoecology, traditional knowledge, ethnobiology, subsistence, and concepts of health and healing among First Nations in northwestern Canada. She is co-editor of Landscape Ethnoecology, Concepts of Physical and Biotic Space, with Eugene S. Hunn. She blogs at www.reflectionsonnaturecultureandsociety.blogspot.com.
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