ISBN:
978-0-295-74582-4
,
9780295745831
,
978-0-295-74584-8/(eBook)
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XXIII, 250 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Serie:
Culture, Place, and Nature
DDC:
305.8009631
Schlagwort(e):
Polynesien Marquesas-Insel
;
Ahnen
;
Sakraler Ort
;
Wald
;
Geist
;
Macht, sakrale
;
Landnutzung
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Ökologie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
kulturelles Eigentum
;
Soziales Leben
Kurzfassung:
Throughout the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia, forest spirits share space with ancestral ruins and active agricultural plots, affecting land use and heritage preservation. As their efforts to establish UNESCO World Heritage status continue, Marquesans grapple with questions about when sites should be preserved intact, when neglect is an appropriate option, and when deterioration resulting from local livelihoods should be accepted.In Working with the Ancestors Emily Donaldson considers how Marquesan perceptions of heritage and mana, or sacred power, have influenced the use of land in the islands and how both cultural and environmental sustainability can be achieved. The Marquesas` relative geographical isolation and ecological richness are the backdrop for the confluence of international heritage preservation and sustainability efforts that affect both resources and Indigenous peoples. Donaldson demonstrates how anthropological concepts of embodiment, alienation, place, and power can inform global resource management, offering a new approach that integrates analyses of policy, practice, and heritage.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The sacred and the sustainable -- Marquesan lands : a living history -- Contested lands : the tenure of ancestral places -- Spirits and bodies : Marquesan engagements with place and the past -- Living from the land : livelihoods, heritage, and development -- Beyond heritage : power, respect, and UNESCO -- Sustainability and loss : heritage management in practice -- Building a future on sacred lands.
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