Keywords:
Environmental ethics-Africa, Central.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
In Conversations in the Rainforest, Richard B. Peterson combines interdisciplinary research and intimate, first-hand conversations with members of various indigenous communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780429701511
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5732008
DDC:
363.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Nomenclature -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Conservation for Whom? -- The Limitations of Imported Knowledge -- Thinking About Our Thinking -- The Limitations of lndigenous Technical Knowledge -- Decolonizing the Mind: Beyond ITK Toward Afrocentricity -- Afrocentricity and the Environment -- The Tale of the Microhydro and the Mami Wata -- Bridge Blueprints -- 2 Central African Land Ethics: Theoretical Questions and Research Perspectives -- Ecology, Values, and Value Transformation -- Environmental Ethics in Global Perspective -- Environmental Ethics in Central Africa -- Universalism and Pluralism: The "One/Many Problem -- Is Nature Normative? Premodern World Views and Postmodern Ecological Science -- What Is Africa? Listening to Local People's Voices -- So What? Central African Environmental Ethics and Environmental Justice -- Repair and Reconstruction: Signs of Hope Grounded in African Soil -- Methods and Research Process -- Summary and Conclusion -- 3 Narratives on Nature: An Opening Conversation with Ubangian Farmers -- A Narrative Approach -- Loko: Amid Forest and Savanna -- Bogofo: An Initial Group Discussion -- Conclusion -- 4 Parts of a Whole: Nature, Society, and Cosmology in the Ubangi -- Making a Living: Implicit Means of Conservation -- Living with Neighbors: The Individual-Community Relationship -- Living with Meaning in an Interconnected World -- Conclusion -- 5 Reservations About Nature Reserves: Local Voices on Conservation in the lturi -- Background: The lturi Forest -- From Mambasa to Epulu -- Badengaido: Living Within the RFO -- Mbuti Perspectives on the Forest and the RFO -- The Bapukele Elders: "The Animals Have Received Their Independence and Are Destroying Our Food -- The Upshot.
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Paulin Mboya: "If Local People Don't Support the Reserve, It Will Fail -- Conclusion -- 6 One Step Removed: The Voices of University-Educated Project Staff and Local Academics -- Voices of Contrast -- Searching for Common Ground -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion: Lessons for Environmental Practice, Theory, and Ethics -- Loko, the CEUM, and Individual-Community Relations -- Epulu, the RFO, and Human-Environment Relations -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix A Glossary of Local Terms -- Appendix B Areas Awaiting Further Investigation -- Appendix C References for Areas of Further Investigation -- References Cited -- Index.
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