The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega (eBook)

A Linguistic Perspective

Aung Si (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
XII, 252 Seiten
Springer-Verlag
978-3-319-24681-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief system, derived from cultural norms, regarding the relationships between humans and other species on the one hand, and between non-human species on the other. As language-based studies are strongly biased toward investigations of ethno-taxonomy and nomenclature, the importance of studying TEK in its proper context is discussed as making context and encyclopedic knowledge the objects of study are essential for a proper understanding of TEK.

Autor

Dr. Aung Si McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow University of Melbourne School of Languages and Linguistics Babel Building 139 Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia

Inhalt

Introduction.- Ethnotaxonomies and Universals: Investigating some Key Assumptions.- Plants in Solega Language and Culture.- Solega Ethno-ornithology.- Landscape terms in Solega.- Signs and Relationships.- Honeybee Lore.- Conclusions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Ethnobiology
• Reihe/Serie: Ethnobiology
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 252 p. 25 illus., 10 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • Ecology • ethnobiology • Linguistics • systematic botany • Taxonomy
• ISBN-10: 3-319-24681-X / 331924681X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-24681-9 / 9783319246819