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Perceptions and Representations of the Malagasy Environment Across Cultures

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Editors:
  1. Frank Muttenzer

    1. Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

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  2. Gwyn Campbell

    1. Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  3. Jacques Pollini

    1. German Agency for International Cooperation GmbH, Kindu, Congo, Demographic Republic (Zaire)

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  • Combined cutting edge social science research with applied research
  • Informs policy making on environment
  • Articulates the importance of using both local and global research frameworks simultaneously

Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies (IOWS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Perceptions and Representations of the Malagasy Environment

    • Frank Muttenzer, Gwyn Campbell
    Pages 1-30

  3. “Good” Forests and Ambiguous Fields: Cultural Dimensions of Agroforestry Landscapes

    • Sarah Osterhoudt
    Pages 31-59

  4. Sustainabilities, Care and Ecotourism Among the Tsimihety in Rural Northeastern Madagascar

    • Jenni Mölkänen
    Pages 61-79

  5. Offset Life: Lemur Health in Landscapes of Extraction

    • Genese Marie Sodikoff
    Pages 81-106

  6. What’s the Matter with Carbon? Experiences of Volatility in Carbon Offset Production in Madagascar

    • Sara Pena-Valderrama
    Pages 107-128

  7. The Emptiness of the Nature-Culture Dichotomy: Perceptions of Reef Fisheries and the Will to Improve Well-Being Among the Vezo

    • Frank Muttenzer
    Pages 129-162

  8. Perceptions and Representations of Deforestation in Madagascar: From Cognitive Dissonances to Convergences

    • Jacques Pollini
    Pages 163-189

  9. The Eastern Forest in the Precolonial Era, c.1795–1895

    • Gwyn Campbell
    Pages 191-241

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 243-263
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About this book

This book examines the history and impact of environmental change in Madagascar. Drawing on interdisciplinary, ethnographic methodologies, the book presents local and global perspectives on current environmental changes and their drivers, from mining to development and deforestation. The book emphasizes the embeddedness of Malagasy peoples’ social relationships with the natural environment, and contrasts this with the way the Malagasy environment is viewed by international conservation organizations. Through the presentation of concrete case studies, the contributors assess the current controversy over the history and nature of human impact on the environment in Madagascar, and offer innovatory insights into how these controversies, which plague current policy making, can be settled.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Frank Muttenzer

  • Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Gwyn Campbell

  • German Agency for International Cooperation GmbH, Kindu, Congo, Demographic Republic (Zaire)

    Jacques Pollini

About the editors

Frank Muttenzer is Privatdozent and Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Lucerne



​Gwyn Campbell is Founding Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University, Canada.



Jacques Pollini, a trained agronomist and academic researcher, is currently a Development Worker at the GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation) in Kindu, DR-Congo.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perceptions and Representations of the Malagasy Environment Across Cultures

  • Editors: Frank Muttenzer, Gwyn Campbell, Jacques Pollini

  • Series Title: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23836-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23835-2Published: 14 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23838-3Due: 14 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23836-9Published: 13 July 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2730-9703

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9711

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History, general, Modern History, African History

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