Ellen, Roy F. (2008) Ethnomycology among the Nuaulu of the Moluccas: putting Berlin's 'General Principles' of Ethnobiological Classification to the test. Economic Botany, 62 (3). pp. 483-496. ISSN 0013-0001. E-ISSN 1874-9364. (doi:10.1007/s12231-008-9036-5) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:15836)
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Abstract
Ethnomycology among the Nuaulu of the Moluccas: Putting Berlin's "General Principles" of Ethnobiological Classification to the Test. Berlin's (Ethnobiological Classification: Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1992) universal theories of ethnobiological classification have provided an indispensable common rubric to compare data from diverse sources. This paper examines these principles with respect to the naming of mushrooms by the Nuaulu on the eastern Indonesian island of Seram, a people for whom mushrooms have only marginal significance. Concordance to Berlin's principles is noted in some respects, but the small proportion of overall mycological diversity that is treated, the lack of consistently labeled intermediate rankings, the conflation between specific and generic levels, and the importance of utilitarian considerations challenge Berlin's hierarchically ranked "general purpose" (i.e., natural) model of folk biological taxonomy. A comparative review of the literature on other, mostly tropical ethnomycological classifications, is also included.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1007/s12231-008-9036-5 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Ethnomycology; ethnobiological classification; Indonesia; fungi; mushrooms; Nuaulu |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation |
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Economic and Social Research Council (https://ror.org/03n0ht308)
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (https://ror.org/01bstzn19) |
Depositing User: | Roy Ellen |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2009 11:25 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2023 11:29 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15836 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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