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The Ethnoecology of Dengue Fever

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 1997
This article employs an ethnoecological analysis to link indigenous, ethnomedical, and Western biomedical ideas of infectious disease causation/ prevention. The ethnoecological analysis is expanded to include the cultural and historical context of political will and community participation in dengue fever control activities in an urban neighborhood in ...
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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

Springer Protocols, 2019
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Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology

Springer Protocols, 2014
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Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Applied to Historical Ecology

2018
In this chapter, the reader will find guidelines and suggestions for the application of ethnobotanical and ethnoecological methods in archaeological sites and their surroundings, aiming to establish a closer dialogue between ethnobiology and archaeology for understanding the human history of past and present landscapes.
Cassino, M., Alves, R., Levis, C., Watling, J., Junqueira, A., Shock, M., Ferreira, M., Caetano Andrade, V., Furquim, L., Coelho, S., Tamanaha, E., Neves, E., Clement, C.   +12 more
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Ethnoecology: Knowledge, Resources, and Rights

Contemporary Sociology, 2000
This work examines subjects ranging from pastoralism to the use of medicinal plants to show that understanding the knowledge system of any people is essential to understanding their relation to the environment.
Robert Futrell, Ted L. Gragson, Ben G. Blount   +2 more
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Ethnoecology of wild mints in Turkey

2004
Genus Mentha is represented by 15 taxa in Turkey, most common being Mentha longifolia, M. suaveolens, M. pulegium and M. aquatica. All are perennial herbs, flowering in summer and reproducing with the help of seeds as well as vegetatively. These taxa are widely used by locals as condiment as well as for the preparation of mint tea aginst flue, lung and
Ozturk, M, Gork, C, Gork, G
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Ethnoecology: experience in the reconstruction of cultural heritage

ADYGHE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, 2023
This article attempts to conceptualize the ethno-cultural identity of Adygs through the prism of ecological ethno-existence. Global processes are developing so rapidly and with such complexity that they pose difficult questions to traditional culture: “Who are we in the conditions of the new reality?
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Ethnoecology as Applied Anthropology in Amazonian Development

Human Organization, 1984
Social and ecological devastation in Amazonia necessitates alternative strategies for sustained, ecologically sound development. The study of indigenous ecological knowledge (ethnoecology) is shown to offer the bases for these new strategies. Six categories of folk knowledge are explored: gathered products, game, aquaculture, agriculture, resource ...
Darrell A. Posey, John Frechione, John Eddins, Luiz Francelino Da Silva, Debbie Myers, Diane Case, Peter Macbeath   +6 more
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Introduction: Ethnoecology

Journal of Latin American Geography, 2005
Antoinette M. G. A WinklerPrins, Narciso Barrera-Bassols   +1 more
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The Sonoran Desert: An Ethnoecological Analogue?

2011
The relationship between humans and the genus Prosopis in the arid lands of the New World is almost as ancient as human occupation itself. This chapter explores this in one particular part of these American drylands: the Sonoran Desert of the south-western United States or, to be more specific, within the riparian basins of the Salt and Gila rivers of ...
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