Case studies in biocultural diversity from Southeast Asia : : traditional ecological calendars, folk medicine and folk names / / F. Merlin Franco, Magne Knudsen, Noor Hasharina Hassan, editors.

• Superior document: Asia in transition ; v.19
• TeilnehmendeR: Franco, M. Merlin.; Knudsen, Magne.; Hassan, Noor Hasharina.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Asia in transition (Springer (Firm)) ; v. 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)

This open access book demonstrates the linkages between local languages, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity at the landscape level in Asia, providing a fresh approach to discussions on Asia’s biocultural diversity. The book carries forward earlier analyses but importantly focuses on ‘traditional ecological calendars,’ ‘folk medicine,’ and ‘folk names’ in the context of the vital importance of maintaining biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity. It does this by addressing a range of cases and issues in relation to Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and North-East India. The several chapters demonstrate the ways in which the various forms of knowledge of the environment and its categorizations are important in areas such as landscape and resource management and conservation. They also demonstrate that environmental knowledge and the practical skills which accompany it are not necessarily widely shared. This book sends important messages to those who care about the sustainability of our environment, the maintenance of its biocultural diversity, or at least the maintenance of what remains of it because much has changed. This interdisciplinary collection draws from a wide range of disciplines and is of appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, environmental studies, geography, biodiversity, and linguistics. ; This book demonstrates the linkages between local languages, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity at the landscape level in Asia, providing a fresh approach to discussions on Asia’s biocultural diversity. The volume carries forward earlier analyses but importantly focuses on ‘traditional ecological calendars’, ‘folk medicine’ and ‘folk names’ in the context of the vital importance of maintaining biological, cultural and linguistic diversity. It does this by addressing a range of cases and issues in relation to Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the culturally connected area of North-East India. The several chapters demonstrate the ways in which the various forms of knowledge of the environment and its categorisations are important in such areas as landscape and resource management and conservation. They also demonstrate that environmental knowledge and the practical skills which accompany it are not necessarily widely shared. This book sends important messages to those who care about the sustainability of our environment, the maintenance of its biocultural diversity, or at least the maintenance of what remains of it because much has changed, and the impacts of culture-carrying human beings on nature. This interdisciplinary collection draws from a wide range of disciplines, and is of appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, geography, biodiversity and linguistics.

Table of Contents

Case studies in biocultural diversity from Southeast Asia, traditional ecological calendars, folk medicine and folk names / F. Merlin Franco, Magne Knudsen, and Noor Hasharina Hassan -- Changing tides, temporal dimensions of low-cost, high-skill fisheries in the Central Visayas, Philippines / Magne Knudsen -- Calendar keepers, the unsung heroes in indigenous landscape management / Kreni Lokho, F. Merlin Franco, and D. Narasimhan -- Sundanese traditional ecological calendar and socio-cultural changes, case study from Rancakalong of West Java, Indonesia / Johan Iskandar and Budiawati S. Iskandar -- Intersection of Kedayan folk medicine and traditional ecological calendar / Nurzahidah Bakar, F. Merlin Franco, and Noor Hasharina Hassan -- Traditional medicinal knowledge of vendors and their contribution toward community healthcare in Baguio City, Philippines / Racquel C. Barcelo [and eight others] -- Folk plant names are condensed forms of traditional knowledge, case study with the urang kanekes of Banten, Indonesia / Syafitri Hidayati, F. Merlin Franco, and Aznah Suhaimi -- Folk fish names are condensed forms of traditional knowledge, case study with the Vaie people of Sarawak, Malaysia / Syafitri Hidayati [and four others].