Indigeneity and the sacred : indigenous revival and the conservation of sacred natural sites in the Americas / edited by Fausto Sarmiento and Sarah Hitchner
- Published
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 256 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Sarmiento, Fausto O. and Hitchner, Sarah
Access Online
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation -- Introduction. Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion / Randall Borman -- ch. 1 Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites / Gerard Verschoor -- ch. 2 Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality: An Essay on the Geography of Religions / Axel Borsdorf -- pt. 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes -- Introduction to Part 2. Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes / Sarah Hitchner -- ch. 3 El Buen Vivir and "the Good Life": A South -- North Binary Perspective on the Indigenous, the Sacred, and Their Conservation / Larry M. Frolich -- ch. 4 Sacred Mountains: Sources of Indigenous Revival and Sustenance / Edwin Bernbaum -- ch. 5 Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity / Constanza Ceruti -- ch. 6 Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time / Christoph Stadel -- ch. 7 National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places / Charles W. Smythe -- pt. 3 Case Studies -- Introduction to Part 3. Case Studies / Sarah Hitchner -- ch. 8 Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland / Benjamin A. Steere -- ch. 9 Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico / Geraldine Patrick Encina -- ch. 10 New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador: A Brief Political View of Sacred Sites in Ecuador / Xavier Viteri -- ch. 11 Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon: New Directions for Sacred Site Conservation and Indigenous Revival / Fernando Roca Alcazar -- pt. 4 Conclusion -- Conclusion / John Schelhas.
- Summary
- This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas. An important contribution to evolving studies on conservation of sacred natural sites (SNS), the book elucidates the complexity of development scenarios within cultural landscapes related to the appropriation of religion, environmental change in indigenous territories, and new conservation management approaches. Indigeneity and the Sacred explores how these struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reconstituted as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity.
- Subject(s)
- Indigenous peoples—America
- Sacred space—Conservation and restoration—America
- Historic sites—Conservation and restoration—America
- Cultural landscapes—America
- Nature—Religious aspects
- Protected areas—Management
- Lieux sacrés—Conservation et restauration—Amérique
- Lieux historiques—Conservation et restauration—Amérique
- Paysages culturels—Amérique
- Nature—Aspect religieux
- Aires protégées—Gestion
- SOCIAL SCIENCE—Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE—Minority Studies
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
- Cultural landscapes
- Historic sites—Conservation and restoration
- Indigenous peoples
- Sacred space—Conservation and restoration
- America
- Other Subject(s)
- amazon
- america
- andes mountains
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- archaeology
- biocultural
- catholicism
- cherokee
- conservation
- cultural
- demographics
- ecuador
- environment
- fausto sarmiento
- geography
- good life
- identity
- indigenous people
- land
- mexico
- mountains
- national park
- natives
- natural world
- north america
- policy
- political
- power
- protection
- research
- revival
- sacred
- sarah hitchner
- scholarly
- south america
- united states
- ISBN
- 9781785333972 (electronic book)
1785333976 (electronic book)
9781785333965 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1785333968 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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