Cultural Memory and Biodiversity

Name: Cultural Memory and Biodiversity
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ISBN: 9780816525478

ISBN-10: 0816525471

ISBN-13: 9780816525478

Edition: 2006

Authors: Virginia D. Nazarea

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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…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 1/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 189
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English