Hunter-gatherers in a Changing World

This book compiles a collection of case studies analysing drivers of and responses to change amongst contemporary hunter-gatherers. Contemporary hunter-gatherers' livelihoods are examined from perspectives ranging from historical legacy to environmental change, and from changes in national econ...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Reyes-García, Victoria (Editor), Pyhälä, Aili (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Cultural heritage.
Anthropology.
Cultural studies.
Human geography.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319422718
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-42271-8
Physical DescriptionXXXVIII, 257 p. 23 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Hunter-Gatherers in a Fast Changing World
  • Part I: The Historical Legacy
  • 1. The Fortunes of Foragers in Colonial and Post-Colonial New Guinea
  • 2. When is a Foraging Society? The Loplik in the Tarim Basin
  • Part II: Environmental Change
  • 3. Trailing Forest Uses Among the Punan Tubu of North Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • 4. Bushmeat Crisis, Forestry Reforms and Contemporary Hunting Among Central African Forest Hunters
  • 5. Defaunation Through the Eyes of the Tsimane'
  • 6. The Death of the Chief of Peccaries: The Apurinã and the Scarcity of Forest Resources in Brazilian Amazonia
  • Part III: Changes in Economic, Political and Legal Systems
  • 7. Why Pumé Foragers Retain a Hunting and Gathering Way of Life on a Transitional Landscape
  • 8. Sharing in a Context of Rural Development. A Study Among a Contemporary Hunter-Gatherer Society in Indonesia
  • 9. Hunter-Gatherers and Fishing Rights in Alaska and Siberia: Contemporary Governmentality, Subsistence, and Sustainable Enterprises
  • Part IV: Globalization and Cultural Change
  • 10. Indigenous Networks and Evangelical Frontiers: Problems with Governance Ethics in Cases of 'Voluntary Isolation' in Contemporary Amazonia
  • 11. 'Like Father, Like Son'? Baka Children's Local Ecological Knowledge Learning in a Context of Cultural Change
  • 12. Persistence and Change in Infant Care among Aka Foragers
  • 13. Globalized Conflicts, Globalized Responses. Changing Manners of Contestation Among Indigenous Communities.

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