Amazon Basin ; Cultural identity ; Cultural studies ; Environment ; Ethnic community ; Ethnic group ; Human ecology ; Peru ; Social organization ; Society ; Society-environment relationship ; Subsistence economy ; Traditional society
Cet ouvrage se base sur l'écologie culturelle pour présenter la culture Shipibo. Il s'agit d'une monographie sur la relation entre une société native des basses terres sud-américaines et son environnement. Cette étude est en grande partie
To seek a new horizon of studying the indigenous way of cartographic representation in the nativesocieties of the American Indians, integrated knowledge on the so-called Indian maps, of cartography and geography, as well as ethnohistory
and anthropology, are needed. By this way we may understand these native dogmas and weltbild or cosmogony in their own spatial recognition and its representation with native materials or their own means of drawing. - (SGA)
Biopower ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Community ; Cultural identity ; Cultural studies ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; Territory
settler society to chart the production of the state through a cultural economy of racialization and erasure, and through a clearing of the land. Finally, he examines the limitations of witnessing and the space Indigenous peoples make for alliances.
[b1] Faculty of Native Studies, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Chile ; Cultural geography ; Cultural studies ; Glocalisation ; Identity ; Ideology ; Pentecostalism ; Society ; Way of life ; Young people ; conversion ; youth culture
, and their congregation, and to the secular youth culture beyond the religious community. I argue that, although faced with many challenges, young Pentecostals are able to define vital roles and positions for themselves within their church and in wider society
in contemporary Chile. I focus in particular on how young native Pentecostals, whose life experiences and social status differ from those of ex-Catholic converts, address the dilemma of being exposed to the religious culture of their parents
Geography and socio-political transition : challenges and opportunities for professional and scientific societies in South Africa
Geographical association ; Organization ; Political reform ; Practice of geography ; Social change ; Society ; South Africa
The role of professional and scientific societies in the transformation of South African society are outlined. The specific challenges to the geographical community are then examined to offer a role for the new unified South African Society
The integration of the Franco-Mauritian community into South African society
An examination of the Franco-Mauritian community in South Africa and the extent of its integration into the host community. The problems and strategies of integration are examined. - (AJC)
Buddhism ; Burma ; Civilization ; Cultural studies ; Geography ; History ; Institution ; Language ; Nation ; Settlement ; Society ; Tradition
-2011) is devoted to Reconstruction and Nation-Building during the juntas. Burma’s future will be shaped by its own past, its historical patterns, its own human and material contexts and its own beliefs. Burmese society is steadfastly devoted
to Theravada Buddhism and native supernaturalism. In the foreseeable future Burma’s past will continue to remain an indelible part of its present. - (GL)
Tourism and society in four Austrian Alpine communities
Alps (The) ; Attitude ; Austria ; Environment ; Rural community ; Rural landscape ; Social change ; Society ; Tourism ; Value system
Changes in the inhabitants' way of life in their quest for a financially more rewarding pursuit are reviewed and residents' attitudes in four Austrian alpine communities regarding changes in family life, community welfare, community growth
, and the environment are examined. The current situation regarding the importance of economic considerations and continued growth is analyzed against the backdrop of societal changes and characteristics of theses communities.
and ancient topography of Central Asia secure him place among the scholars of 20th century geography. He left Hungary to study and later to work overseas, but he never forgot about his native land and maintained contact with his eminent scholars. The article
focuses on his ties to outstanding Hungarian geographers, especially to Lajos Lóczy, the Hungarian Geographical Society and the reception his work enjoys nowadays. - (AM)
to develop a complex society and support a large population, but dependence on maize was ultimately doomed by variable rainfall. Precipitation in extreme years was insufficient to support crops, while native vegetation was not directly affected by drought
Commercialization and community life : the geography of market exchange in a small-scale Philippine society
Changement social ; Commerce traditionnel ; Commercialisation ; Culturel ; Luzon ; Marché local ; Philippines ; Route ; Réseau de distribution ; Village ; Voie de communication
Because of the mercantile tradition, postwar agricultural commercialization did not force, in the Buguias region (northern Luzon), a breakdown of indigenous communal institutions. These findings controvert several conceptions of economic development.
Making civil society work : contracting, cosmopolitanism and community development in Tanzania
Civil society ; Development ; Empowerment ; Non-governmental organization ; Rural area ; Rural community ; Tanzania ; Volunteering
Realising this development donor civil society template in the forms of organisations demands specific kinds of work through which civil society comes to be enabled as an actor in development. This work can be characterised as contracting
, volunteering, and scalar work. The paper examines the scope and constitution of civil society work in two rural districts of Tanzania.
Raum als Element sozialer Kommunikation. (L'espace, élément de la communication sociale)
This dissertation investigates on the base of a sociological system-theory to what space as a mental construct, as a medium of information is used in the society and which communicative functions for social categories of systems are fulfilled