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Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe - Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems... Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe - Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006)
Bruce C. Forbes, Manfred Boelter, Ludger Muller-Wille, Janne Hukkinen, Felix Muller, …
R5,797 Discovery Miles 57 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g., plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view, sociocultural and economic drivers, along with herders' experience-based knowledge, gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate against the negative aspects of the challenges modern herding faces, while also exploring concepts of sustainability from different perspectives (see also Jernsletten and Klokov 2002; Kankaanpaa et al. 2002; Ulvevadet and Klokov 2004). This broadening of the pool of disciplines and local, national, and int- national stakeholders in policy-relevant research invariably complicates v- tually all aspects of the research process. Multidisciplinary or, in our sense, transdisciplinary approaches also require extraordinary effort from all p- ticipants if they are to succeed. As such, those approaches should not be undertaken lightly, nor without personnel who possess appropriate expe- ence in cooperating with those of different disciplines and, preferably, also with relevant practitioners and public social and administrative institutions. In such settings the potential for misunderstandings is quite high."

Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe - Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems... Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe - Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Bruce C. Forbes, Manfred Boelter, Ludger Muller-Wille, Janne Hukkinen, Felix Muller, …
R5,870 Discovery Miles 58 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g. , plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view,sociocultural and economic drivers,along with herders' experience-based knowledge,gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate against the negative aspects of the challenges modern herding faces, while also exploring concepts of sustainability from different perspectives (see also Jernsletten and Klokov 2002; Kankaanpaa et al. 2002; Ulvevadet and Klokov 2004). This broadening of the pool of disciplines and local,national,and int- national stakeholders in policy-relevant research invariably complicates v- tually all aspects of the research process. Multidisciplinary or, in our sense, transdisciplinary approaches also require extraordinary effort from all p- ticipants if they are to succeed. As such, those approaches should not be undertaken lightly, nor without personnel who possess appropriate expe- ence in cooperating with those of different disciplines and, preferably, also with relevant practitioners and public social and administrative institutions. In such settings the potential for misunderstandings is quite high.

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes - Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84) (Paperback,... Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes - Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84) (Paperback, First English Edition)
Ludger Muller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking; Translated by William Barr
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Told from an ordinary man's perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas--the father of modern anthropology--on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit and the whalers in their arctic environment at the end of the 19th century. With invaluable contextual and complementary information, this book contributes key insights during the recent wave of scientific assessment of Franz Boas's legacy in all social sciences.

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 - Journals and Letters (Paperback): Ludger Muller-Wille Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 - Journals and Letters (Paperback)
Ludger Muller-Wille; Translated by William Barr
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well. Using a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, and experiencing their joys and sorrows. At the same time he was taking detailed notes and surveying and mapping the landscape and coastline. Ludger M ller-Wille has transcribed his journals and his letters to his parents and fianc and woven these texts into a sequential narrative. The result is a fascinating study of one of the earliest and most successful examples of participatory observation among the Inuit. Originally published in German in 1994, the text has been translated into English by William Barr, who has also published translations of other important works on the history of the Arctic. Illustrated with some of Boas's own photos and with maps of his field area, Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 is a valuable addition to the historical and anthropological literature on southern Baffin Island.

Consequences of Economic Change in Circumpolar Regions (Paperback): Pertti J. Pelto, Regna Darnell, Ludger Muller-Wille Consequences of Economic Change in Circumpolar Regions (Paperback)
Pertti J. Pelto, Regna Darnell, Ludger Muller-Wille
R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Papers of the Symposium on Unexpected Consequences of Economic Change in Circumpolar Regions at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Amsterdam, March 21 to 22, 1975.

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