Chiloé
The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture
Editors: Daughters, Anton, Pitchon, Ana (Eds.)
Free Preview- Discusses the dynamic and adaptive relationship between islander and sea as a result of the ecological and cultural impact of salmon farming on the archipelago
- Analyzes the ethnobiology of the potato in Chiloé and its role in islander culture
- Offers insight into alternatives to modern capitalist markets through patterns of cooperation developed out of a unique set of ecological and geographic circumstances
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- About this book
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This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile’s Archipelago of Chiloé. Chiloé presents a unique perspective on the intersection of society and biology owing to its vast natural resources, historic culture of cooperation, geographic isolation, and external resource exploitation. Contributions to this volume cover knowledge bases in both marine and terrestrial systems, and how specific local knowledge types contributed to a variety of strategies, including subsistence, social-ecological resilience, resource conservation, cultural heritage preservation, economic systems, and mitigating uncertainty. This book addresses the specificities of human-environment interaction on a resource-rich island, and how historic knowledge and practices can help configure adaptation to a changing social-ecological landscape.
- About the authors
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Anton Daughters is an assistant professor of anthropology at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. His field research in Chiloé focuses on the cultural changes that have accompanied economic shifts in the region over the past forty years. He received a BA in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, a PhD from the University of Arizona, and a two-year Mellon Fellowship at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He has published in Anthropology Now, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Kiva, and Journal of the Southwest, and is a co-editor of Moquis and Kastiilam: Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History, a two-volume documentary history of the Hopi published by University of Arizona Press.
Ana Pitchon is a researcher with the firm INSITUM Consulting. A former associate professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills and assistant professor at San Jose State University, she received a BA in Anthropology and Spanish from Colby College and a PhD in Ecological Anthropology from the University of Georgia. She has conducted research on fisheries and coastal communities in multiple countries, with a focus on social-ecological resilience. She has published in Human Organization, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Research, CalCOFI Reports and Urban Coast.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Chiloé Today and Over the Centuries
Pages 1-20
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Local Knowledge, Local Networks, and Successful Cooperative Mussel Aquaculture on Chiloé
Pages 21-37
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Livelihood Diversification as a Form of Resilience? An Ethnographic Account of Artisanal Fishers in Chile’s Lakes Region
Pages 39-52
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Food and Culture in Chiloé: Potatoes, Curanto, and Chicha
Pages 53-65
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Trueque Chilote: Traditional Barter Networks Connect Nature and Society in Northern Patagonia
Pages 67-89
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Chiloé
- Book Subtitle
- The Ethnobiology of an Island Culture
- Editors
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- Anton Daughters
- Ana Pitchon
- Series Title
- Ethnobiology
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-91983-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-91983-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-91982-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-06341-2
- Series ISSN
- 2365-7553
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 131
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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