Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors Indigenous Models for International Development

Name: Forest Dwellers, Forest Protectors Indigenous Models for International Development
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ISBN: 9780205628117

ISBN-10: 0205628117

ISBN-13: 9780205628117

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Richard Reed, Cultural Survival

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The Guarani of Paraguay have survived over four centuries of contact with the commercial system, while keeping in tact their traditions of leadership, religion and kinship. This concise ethnography examines how the Guarani have adapted over time, in concert with Paraguayrsquo;s subtropical forest system. The titles in theCultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Changeseries, edited by David Maybury-Lewis and Theodore Macdonald, Jr. of Cultural Survival, Inc., Harvard University, focus on key issues affecting indigenous and ethnic groups worldwide. Each ethnography builds on introductory material by going further in-depth and allowing students to explore, virtually first-hand, a particular…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Richard Reed is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Trinity University.



Foreword to the Series


Acknowledgments



Introduction


The Guarani of the Forest


Guarani Demographics


Geography


History


Lessons from the Guarani


Theoretical Concepts


Going into the Field


Fieldwork Methods


Overview of the Book



Guarani Social Organization


Guarani Kinship


Guarani Religion


Guarani Leadership


Guarani Economics



Guarani Production


Tropical Ecosystems


Indigenous Knowledge


Guarani Agroforestry


Agroforestry as Adaption


Gender and the Division of Labor


Production and Guarani Autonomy


Guarani Consumption



Contemporary Development and Guarani Communities


Economic Development or Political Expediency?


Economic Development or Ecological Destruction?


Destabilizing Guarani Society


Dislocating Guarani Communities


Guarani Society and Assistance Programs



An Indigenous Model for Sustainable Development


Applying the Indigenous Model for Resource Use


Economics as if People Mattered


Conclusions


References