Description
Book SynopsisPlants, animals, and their place in the culture of an indigenous people of Panama.
Trade ReviewPlants and Animals ... documents Kuna culture, subsistence strategies, and traditional ecological knowledge while warning of the dangers of increased involvement in market economies. It does what many advocate but few accomplish by presenting indigenous views of ecology and culture. Written in large part by the Kuna for the Kuna, this book is one of the first comprehensive publications on ethnobiology that represents indigenous voices, giving ousiders a rare opportunity ‘to eavesdrop, to listen as they exhort each other, to wake up, and to change.’ * Cultural Survival Quarterly *
Table of Contents
- Foreword (James Howe)
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Baba's Creation (Cacique General Enrique Guerrero with Valerio Núñez)
- 2. Ready to Change? (Jorge Ventocilla)
- 3. The Kuna (Jorge Ventocilla)
- 4. Rivers and Mountains (Jorge Ventocilla)
- 5. Terrestrial Fauna (Jorge Ventocilla)
- 6. Hunting in Gangandi (Jorge Ventocilla with Rutilio Paredes)
- 7. Money Creates Hunger (Elvira Torres with Valerio Núñez)
- 8. Submarine "Deforestation" (Jorge Ventocilla with Olaidi)
- 9. The Spirit of the Uaga (Cacique General Carlos López with Valerio Núñez)
- 10. Medicinal Plants (Heraclio Herrera)
- 11. The Ueruk Palm (Heraclio Herrera)
- 12. To Be or Not to Be (Arysteides Turpana with Valerio Núñez)
- Epilogue (Mac Chapin)
- Appendix A. Scientific and Vernacular Names of Plants and Animals
- Appendix B. Kuna Communities
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Authors
- Index
