Ethno-ornithology : birds, indigenous peoples, culture and society

Tidemann, Sonia. (Added Author). Gosler, Andrew. (Added Author).

Summary: "An African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been readily available until now because it has not previously been captured or reported by indigenous people. Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast, western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book also looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas"--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781844077830
ISBN: 1844077837
ISBN: 9781849713382
ISBN: 1849713383
Physical Description: print
xxii, 346 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: London ; Washington D.C. : Earthscan, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First paperback ed.: 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Indigenous knowledges, birds that have 'spoken' and science / Sonia Tidemann, Sharon Chirgwin and J. Ross Sinclair -- Ethno-ornithology and biological conservation / Mark Bonta -- The broader significance of ethno-ornithology / Andrew Gosler with Deborah Buehler and Alberto Castillo -- The Māori and the Huia / David C. Houston -- The impact of red feather currency on the population of the scarlet honeyeater on Santa Cruz / David C. Houston -- Entrapment of wetland birds : local customs and methods of hunting in Krangkeng, Indramayu, Central Java / Surya Purnama and Mochamad Indrawan -- Wildlife hunting and bird trade in northern Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia / Margaretha Pangau-Adam and Richard Noske -- Transmutation of human knowledge about birds in 16th century Honduras / Mark Bonta -- Sound, sight, stories and science : avoiding pitfalls in ethno-ornithological research, with examples from Kenya / Fleur Ng'weno -- What the locals know : comparing traditional and scientific knowledge of megapodes in Melanesia / J. Ross Sinclair, Lorima Tuke and Muse Opiang -- The birds and nature in the stepwells of Gujarat, western India / Purnima Mehta Bhat -- Aboriginal stories : the riches and colour of Australian birds / Sonia Tidemann and Tim Whiteside -- Tlingit birds : an annotated list with a statistical comparative analysis / Eugene S. Hunn and Thomas F. Thornton -- Raven = Heron in Mayan language prehistory : an ethno-ornithological/linguistic study / Cecil H. Brown -- What's in a bird's name : relationships among ethno-ornithological terms in Nage and other Malayo-Polynesian languages / Gregory Forth -- An alternate reality : Māori spiritual guardianship of New Zealand's native birds / Philip O'B. Lyver and Henrik Moller -- Everyone loves birds : using indigenous knowledge of birds to facilitate conservation in New Guinea / William H. Thomas -- Birds, people and conservation in Kenya / Mercy Njeri Muiruri and Patrick Maundu -- Bird messengers for all seasons : landscapes of knowledge among the Bribri of Costa Rica / Nicole Sault -- The bull of the bog : bittern conservation practice in a western bio-cultural setting / Maan Barua and Paul Jepson -- Towards an Indonesian bird conservation ethos : reflections from a study of bird-keeping in the cities of Java and Bali / Paul Jepson.