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Cultural memory and biodiversity / Virginia D. Nazarea.
Virginia Nazarea now makes a case for preserving cultural memory along with biodiversity. Interweaving a wealth of ecological and cognitive data with oral history, Nazarea details a "memory banking" protocol for collecting and conserving cultural information to complement the genetic, agronomic, and biochemical characterization of important crops. She shows that memory banking offers significant benefits for local populations - not only the preservation of traditional knowledge but also the maintenance of alternatives to large-scale agricultural development and commercialization. She also compares alternative forms of germplasm conservation conducted by a male-dominated hierarchy with those of an informal network of migrant women. Cultural Memory and Biodiversity establishes valuable guidelines for people who aspire to support community-based in situ conservation of local varieties. Perhaps more important, it shows that the traditional methods of local farmers are often as important as the "advanced" methods encouraged by advocates of modernization.
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- ISBN: 0816525471 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 9780816525478 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First paperbound printing.
- Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2005, c1998.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-183) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Of memories and varieties : complementation between cultural and genetic diversity -- Memory banking protocol : guidelines toward systematic documentation -- Modernization and the distribution of indigenous knowledge -- In defense of fuzziness : the value of multiple criteria -- Threatened pockets of memories : diversity at the margins -- Cultural alternatives in in situ germplasm conservation -- Gene-rich but technology-poor? the fallacy of the equation.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | GN 476 .N39 1998 | 271813 | Stacks | Available | - |
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| 250 | . | ‡aFirst paperbound printing. | |
| 260 | . | ‡aTucson : ‡bUniversity of Arizona Press, ‡c2005, c1998. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axiv, 189 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c25 cm. | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-183) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aOf memories and varieties : complementation between cultural and genetic diversity -- Memory banking protocol : guidelines toward systematic documentation -- Modernization and the distribution of indigenous knowledge -- In defense of fuzziness : the value of multiple criteria -- Threatened pockets of memories : diversity at the margins -- Cultural alternatives in in situ germplasm conservation -- Gene-rich but technology-poor? the fallacy of the equation. |
| 520 | . | ‡aVirginia Nazarea now makes a case for preserving cultural memory along with biodiversity. Interweaving a wealth of ecological and cognitive data with oral history, Nazarea details a "memory banking" protocol for collecting and conserving cultural information to complement the genetic, agronomic, and biochemical characterization of important crops. She shows that memory banking offers significant benefits for local populations - not only the preservation of traditional knowledge but also the maintenance of alternatives to large-scale agricultural development and commercialization. She also compares alternative forms of germplasm conservation conducted by a male-dominated hierarchy with those of an informal network of migrant women. Cultural Memory and Biodiversity establishes valuable guidelines for people who aspire to support community-based in situ conservation of local varieties. Perhaps more important, it shows that the traditional methods of local farmers are often as important as the "advanced" methods encouraged by advocates of modernization. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aEthnobiology. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aGermplasm resources, Plant ‡xCollection and preservation. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aTraditional farming. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aGene banks, Plant. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aHuman ecology. | |
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