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oapen-20.500.12657-861102023-12-13T11:31:41Z Living with Nature, Cherishing Language Olko, Justyna Radding, Cynthia Indigenous culture Indigenous languages (ethno)history Native American studies applied environmental research environmental history comparative public policy Indigenous language education environmental management knowledge production bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGB Physical geography & topography bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies This open access book explores the deep connections between environment, language, and cultural integrity, with a focus on Indigenous peoples from early modern times to the present. It illustrates the close integration of nature and culture through historical processes of environmental change in North, Central, and South America and the nurturing of local knowledge through ancestral languages and oral traditions. This volume fills a unique space by bringing together the issues of environment, language and cultural integrity in Latin American historical and cultural spheres. It explores the reciprocal and necessary relations between language/culture and environment; how they can lead to sustainable practices; how environmental knowledge and sustainable practices toward the environment are reflected in local languages, local sources and local socio-cultural practices. The book combines interdisciplinary methods and initiates a dialogue among scientifically trained scholars and local communities to compare their perspectives on well-being in remote and recent historical periods and it will be of interest to students and scholars in fields including sociolinguistics, (ethno)history, linguistic anthropology, cultural studies and cultural anthropology, environmental studies and Indigenous/minority studies. 2023-12-13T10:36:08Z 2023-12-13T10:36:08Z 2024 book ONIX_20231213_9783031387395_13 9783031387395 9783031387388 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86110 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-38739-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-38739-5 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-38739-5 10.1007/978-3-031-38739-5 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 1d080d94-cd1c-4221-b368-43d1639c8037 9783031387395 9783031387388 Palgrave Macmillan 410 Cham [...] Cordis Cordis Corporation open access
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This open access book explores the deep connections between environment, language, and cultural integrity, with a focus on Indigenous peoples from early modern times to the present. It illustrates the close integration of nature and culture through historical processes of environmental change in North, Central, and South America and the nurturing of local knowledge through ancestral languages and oral traditions. This volume fills a unique space by bringing together the issues of environment, language and cultural integrity in Latin American historical and cultural spheres. It explores the reciprocal and necessary relations between language/culture and environment; how they can lead to sustainable practices; how environmental knowledge and sustainable practices toward the environment are reflected in local languages, local sources and local socio-cultural practices. The book combines interdisciplinary methods and initiates a dialogue among scientifically trained scholars and local communities to compare their perspectives on well-being in remote and recent historical periods and it will be of interest to students and scholars in fields including sociolinguistics, (ethno)history, linguistic anthropology, cultural studies and cultural anthropology, environmental studies and Indigenous/minority studies.
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