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Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France
The knowledge of nature held by autochthonous and local communities has been the subject of international talks, notably on biodiversity, but has primarily been studied from an autochthonous angle. French experience of conserving and promoting local know-how, which is the subject of this book, is based on the notions of heritage and of terroirs. This original approach could feed international debate. The book is thus primarily intended for negotiators and political leaders, along with local players who may be interested by the global dimension of such know-how.
A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe
A Companion to theAnthropologyof Europe BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe “The volume also deserves a place on the shelves of academic libraries as well as the larger public library.” Reference Reviews “Summing Up: Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.” Choice “This important collection challenges all anthropologists to re-examine the importance of European perspectives on the most provocative debates of our time. It transcends regional interests to highlight the complex intellectual landscape of our field.” Tracey Heatherington, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee “This significant volume critically interrogates assumpti...
Horizons nomades en Afrique sahélienne
La conception qui a présidé à la tenue et à la publication des Actes du colloque international consacré aux sociétés pastorales en Afrique sahélienne, s'appuie sur une approche pluridisciplinaire. Les vingt-quatre auteurs de ces Actes reflètent ce " métissage scientifique " qui associe étroitement chercheurs du Sud et du Nord. Cette approche révèle une intention clairement comparative puisque, sauf exception, chaque pays, de l'océan Atlantique à la mer Rouge, a fait l'objet d'une communication. Les thèmes présentés soulignent l'émergence d'une problématique des sociétés pastorales à la croisée de l'anthropologie des sociétés segmentaires ou hiérarchisées, de la g...
Shariah and the Halal Industry
"This book expounds the rules of shariah relating to lawful and unlawful in food and beverage and how they are manifested in the halal industry practices and markets. In addition to a concise presentation of the scholastic treatment of the rules of halal and its opposite, the haram in shariah, the book also familiarises the reader on how they were formed and what are the basic tools by which the rules of shariah may be adjusted through fresh interpretation (i.e ijtihad) that may respond to new developments"--
War and Other Means
War and Other Means describes and analyses the practices of war, the ‘objects of war’ and the conventions of the use of violence in Houaïlou, New Caledonia. It focuses on the colonial repression conducted in 1856 and after, the anti-sorcerer hunt in 1955, the independence mobilisation in the 1980s and the village feuds in the 2000s. Through this archaeology of violence, it reports on the practical inventiveness, intelligence and cunning of the Kanaks involved in social, often violent, conflicts. The use of archival material and recourse to the oral stories gathered from the inhabitants of Houaïlou restores the depth of these historical moments and the nested contexts of the political a...
The Power of Standards
Examines a new form of power in contemporary global political economy, focusing on the hybrid authority of standards in the globalisation of services. This book is also available as Open Access.
The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa
Essays in Memory of Jan-Georg Deutsch The volume observes some of the principles that drove Prof. Jan-Georg Deutsch's research: highlighting present-day politics for the way they shape historical remembrance, learning from people on the ground through fieldwork and oral history, and bringing various parts of the African continent into discussion with one another. From Cape Town to Charlottesville, many societies are grappling with historical consciousness and the production of public memory. In particular, how and why societies remember and forget, what should serve as symbols of collective memory, and whether there exists space for multiple memory cultures are questions being vigorously deb...
