Global Ecosystems (eBook)

Creating Options Through Anthropological Perspectives

Pamela J. Puntenney (Herausgeber)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
100 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-0712-2 (ISBN)

Infos

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of
the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology,
dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications
of anthropological knowledge and methods.

* peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the
Practice of Anthropology

* dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy
applications of anthropological knowledge and methods

* most editions available for course adoption

Autor

Volume Editor: Pamela J. Puntenney General Editors: Ralph J. Bishop and Pamela Amoss Pamela J. Puntenney is founder and executive director of Environmental and Human Systems Management. She has served in an advisory capacity for such counties as Bolivia, Nepal, Kenya, the United States, and Korea on developing a national strategy for environmental education and has consulted with such organizations as the World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank, the U.S. Forest Service, and the World Conservation Union. As an adjunct research scientist with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, her current work focuses on issues of public choice and public responsibility in relation to the internationalization of environmental issues. She is serving as advisory to the film Right To Hope, which links culture, art, and the global environment as part of the 1995 celebration of the United Nations' 50th anniversary. She serves as a member of the NAPA Governing Council and is currently on the Board of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology. She is a past program chair for NAPA (1989-1991) and served on the American Anthropological Association Executive Program Committee (1992).

Inhalt

Foreword.

Global Ecosystems: Creating Options through Anthropological
Perspectives (Roy A. Rappaport National Association for the
Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1:
1-1).

Preface (P. J. Puntenney National Association for the Practice
of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 2-3).

Articles.

Solving the Environmental Equation: An Engaging Anthropology
(Pamela J. Puntenney National Association for the Practice of
Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 4-18).

Alleviating Poverty and Conserving Wildlife in Africa: An
"Imperfect" Model from Zambia (R. Michael Wright National
Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995,
Vol. 15, No. 1: 19-32).

Anthropology in Pursuit of Conservation and Development (Michael
Painter National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 33-45).

Anthropology, the Environment, and the Third World: Principles,
Power, and Practice (David D. Gow National Association for the
Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1:
46-59).

The Tropical Forestry Action Plan: Is It Working? (Robert
Winterbottom National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 60-70).

Ecological Awareness and Risk Perception in Brazil (Alberto C.
G. Costa , Conrad P. Kottak , Rosane M. Prado , John Stiles
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Bulletin Jan
1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 71-87).

The Cultural Environment of Development: Commentary (Terence
Turner National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 88-95).

About the Contributors (National Association for the Practice of
Anthropology Bulletin Jan 1995, Vol. 15, No. 1: 96-98).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Anthropologie • Anthropology • Menschenkunde
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-0712-6 / 1444307126
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-0712-2 / 9781444307122