Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios (2003) Troubles with turtles: Cultural Understandings of the Environment on a Greek Island. Berghahn Books, Oxford ISBN 978-1-57181-596-5. E-ISBN 978-0-85745-679-3. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52127)
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Abstract
The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concerning the conservation of sea turtles. Against the environmentalists' practices and ideals they set their own culture of relating to the land, cultivation, wild and domestic animals.
Written from an anthropological perspective, this book puts forward the idea that a thorough study of indigenous cultures is a fundamental step to understanding conflicts over the environment. For this purpose, the book offers a detailed account of the cultural depth and richness of the human environmental relationship in Vassilikos, focusing on the engagement of its inhabitants with diverse aspects of the local environment, such as animal care, agriculture, tourism and hunting.
Item Type: | Book |
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Subjects: |
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation |
Depositing User: | Dimitrios Theodossopoulos |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2015 16:24 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52127 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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