Global Mountain Regions : : Conversations Toward the Future.

• Superior document: Framing the Global Series
• Author: Kingsolver, Ann.
• TeilnehmendeR: Balasundaram, Sasikumar.
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Framing the Global Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (460 pages)

No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- "Hard Times" -- 1. Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions -- "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" -- 2. After Coal, through Film: Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities -- "Wigan Pier" -- 3. Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia -- 4. Black Diamonds -- 5. Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi -- "Momma Was a Union Woman" -- 6. Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia -- "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee" -- 7. Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain Regions -- "People Like You" -- 8. Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made Disasters -- "The Border Line" -- 9. Moving Heaven and Earth behind Mountains: Everyday Life for Displaced Migrants on the Haitian Side of the Haitian-Dominican Border -- "Black Gold" -- 10. Environment, Health, and Justice: Tracing the Connections in Global Mountain Regions -- "When the Morning Breaks" -- 11. Circulating News in Rural China and Appalachia -- 12. Thinking about the Future: Global Mountain Students and Educational Choices -- 13. Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of Pakistan -- 14. Mapping and Measuring Digital Divides in Mountain Regions: Global and Local Knowledge and Silences -- "My Old Times" -- 15. Artifacts of Home: The Landscape Speaks -- 16. Resonating with the Trees: Tracking Musical Instrument Tonewood between Appalachian and Carpathian Forest Environments -- "Traveler" -- 17. Appalachian and Carpathian Exchanges: Two Essays -- 18. Appalachian and Columbian Connections through Cerulean Warbler Migration: A Student Pen-Pal Project -- 19. Experience and Expertise: Confronting Climate Change in the Andes -- 20. Sustainable Livelihoods in Extreme Lands -- "Aragon Mill".

21. Comparing Rural Livelihood Transitions in the Catalan and Sardinian Regions of Europe and the Appalachian Region of the United States -- "Wild Rose of the Mountain" -- 22. Honey Corridors in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Appalachian Coal Production Areas -- "The Gap (8,825 an Hour)" -- 23. Agricultural Sovereignty and Arabica Coffee Production in Ethiopia -- "The Flume" -- 24. Creating Sustainable Post-extraction Livelihoods in the Central Appalachian Coalfields -- "Gone, Gonna Rise Again" -- 25. Reforestation Can Contribute to a Regenerative Economy in Global Mining Regions -- "We're Still Here" -- 26. Palestinian Responsible Tourism for Cross-Cultural Understanding -- "A Time for Us All" -- 27. Conclusion: Conversations toward the Future in Global Mountain Regions -- Index.