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How are biological diversity, protected areas, indigenous knowledge and religious worldviews related? From an anthropological perspective, this book provides an introduction into the complex subject of conservation policies that cannot be addressed without recognising the encompassing relationship between discursive, political, economic, social and ecological facets. By facing these interdependencies across global, national and local dynamics, it draws on an ethnographic case study among Maya-Q'eqchi' communities living in the margins of protected areas in Guatemala. In documenting the cultural aspects of landscape, the study explores the coherence of diverse expressions of indigenous knowle...
The goal of this transdisciplinary book is to identify the problems and challenges facing implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - from the global, regional and local points of view. The valuation and conservation of biodiversity are critical first steps necessary for the adequate protection of the environment. The authors give insights into the the influences the CBD exerts, and current trends in the field.
The encyclopedia for the Horn of Africa treats all important terms of the history of ideas of this central region between Orient and Africa. After its completion the set will comprise five volumes four text and one index volume with altogether approx. 4000 articles. The topics range from basic data over archaeology, ethnology and anthropology, history, the languages and lit-eratures up to the art, religion and culture.
Anthropological Abstracts is a reference journal published once a year in English language text, listing most of the publications in the field of cultural/social anthropology that have been published in the German language area (Austria, Germany, and Switzerland). Since most German language publications are not included in the major English language abstracting services, Anthropological Abstracts provides a convenient source of information for anthropologists and social scientists who do not read German, offering an awareness of anthropological research and publications in German-speaking countries. Included are journal articles, monographs, anthologies, exhibition catalogs, yearbooks, etc. (Series: Anthropological Abstracts - Cultural / Social Anthropology from German-Speaking Countries - Vol. 9)
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»Dem Mimen flicht die Nachwelt keine Kränze«: Im Widerspruch zu Schillers Behauptung entstanden seit dem 18. Jahrhundert zahlreiche Vers- und Prosatexte mit dem Anspruch, die »Kunst« großer Mimen zu vergegenwärtigen. Der Begriff »Mimen-Ekphrasis« stellt die Gattung einerseits in die rhetorische Tradition lebendiger ›Beschreibungskunst‹; andererseits wird sie als Sonderform von ›Kunstbeschreibung‹ im Zeichen der Diskussion von Wort-Bild-Beziehungen im 18. Jahrhundert interpretiert. Rhetorik, Intermedialitätsforschung und Theaterwissenschaft verbindend zeigt Rüdiger Singer, wie unter anderem Diderot, Fielding, Churchill, Lichtenberg, Schink, Böttiger, Goethe, W. v. Humboldt...
Fire breathing dragons destroy Talei's home but when she links telepathically with a dragon, he explains goblins are holding their females hostage. Talei and her friend Adri lead a group of teenagers to free the beasts. Failure means both dragons and humans will be destroyed. Eighteen year old Talei and several young children are left orphans after the attack on her settlement by fire breathing dragons. The survivors join up with other refugees but when Talei links telepathically with a dragon, she discovers their goblin riders are holding the female dragons hostage. Talei and her friend Adri lead a group of teenagers to free the beasts. Failure means the end of both dragons and humans.
Aatami Rymättylä hat den Weg aus der drohenden Ölkrise gefunden: einen winzigen Akku, der Strom im Überfluss liefern kann. Um die umwälzende Erfindung zu vermarkten, fehlt Aatami jedoch das Geld. Zum Glück nimmt sich Eeva Kontupohja des vom Pech verfolgten Weltretters an. Die neue Energiequelle stösst jedoch nicht nur auf Gegenliebe. Die Ölmultis setzen einen sizilianischen Killer auf Aatami an.