Research Catalog

Title

Environmental teachings for the anthropocene : indigenous peoples and museums in the Western Pacific / edited by Atsushi Nobayashi, Scott Simon ; [contributors, Alak Akatuang, Atsushi Nobayashi, Scott Simon [and 11 others]].

Publication

• Osaka, Japan : National Museum of Ethnology, 2020.
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Duan, Hongkun, 1967-
• Nobayashi, Atsushi, 1967-
• Simon, Scott,

Description

230 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm.

Summary

"The essays in this volume are organised into four thematic groups. First, we begin with the perspectives of indigenous scholars from Taiwan, who share how their peoples have constructed lifeways through relationships with plants. Second, we explore the wider context of Austronesian worlds in studies of human-bird relations and the widespread use of beads. Third, we examine the role of museums in environmental education. Finally, we look at the study of landscape and technology across Taiwan and neighbouring islands. In other words, how have people from various cultures engaged with other living creatures and non-living objects in their environment? How have these beings influenced human cultural practices and cosmologies in turn? And how can museums apply these worldviews to wider environmental education in different social contexts?"--

Series Statement

Senri ethnological studies, 0387-6004 ; 103

Uniform Title

Senri ethnological studies ; no. 103.

Subject

• Ethnobotany
• Ethnozoology
• Indigenous peoples
• Museums and indigenous peoples
• Taiwan aborigines
• Taiwan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I : Indigenous Insights : The Route to Ramie Cultural Ecology -- The Social and Cultural Implications of Ramie Restoration for the Siraya -- A Preliminary Study on the Ethnic Plants of the Sediq People -- Part II: Austronesian Perspectives : The Diversity of Taiwanese Indigenous Culture Seen in Bead Products -- Flying the Pacific, Culturing Oceania: Human-Bird Entanglements and Austronesian Worlds -- Ecology as a Trope and the Virtue of Cosmology: Birds among the Alangan Mangyans and the Blaan Koronadals of Mindanao (Philippines) -- Part III: Museum Experiences : The Museum and Environmental Education: A Case Study of the National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan -- Trees as Museum Objects: A Case Study of Trees at the National Museum of Taiwan History Park -- Museum Management from an Environmental Perspective: Undertakings at the National Museum of Ethnology -- Part IV: Landscape in Taiwan and Cross-Scape Technology : Ritual Landscapes, Human-Species Networks, and Environmental Shift: Contemporary Amis' Ritual Practices as Cultural Heritage -- Taiwanese Love Nature, Yet Struggle to Embrace Their Heritage: Let's Try Local/Indigenous Knowledge and Value -- Ecological Approach to Cultural Elements Using GIS-based Spatial Analysis.

ISBN

• 4906962866
• 9784906962860

LCCN

2020436484

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries