Living with Nature, Cherishing Language : : Indigenous Knowledges in the Americas Through History.
This open access book explores the deep connections between environment, language, and cultural integrity, with a focus on Indigenous peoples from early modern times to the present. It illustrates the close integration of nature and culture through historical processes of environmental change in Nor...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource xv (416 pages);; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Living with Nature Across Time, Space and Cultural Perspectives: Introduction
- Part I : Environment and the Knowledge of the Ancients
- 2. Flexible Borders, Permeable Territories and the Role of Water Management in Territorial Dynamics in Pre-Hispanic and Early Hispanic Peru
- 3. Ihuan Yehhuan Tlacuauh Tlamauhtiah in Ichcapixqueh. “And the Shepherds Are Inspiring Great Fear”. Environment, Control of Resources and Collective Agency in Colonial and Modern Tlaxcala
- 4. Ñudzahui Custom, Contracts, and Common Lands in Eighteenth-Century Oaxaca
- 5. The Yoreme Creation of Itom Ania in Northwestern Mexico: Histories of Cultural Landscapes
- 6. Gender Disparities in Guaraní Knowledge, Literacy, and Fashion in the Ecological Borderlands of Colonial and Early Nineteenth-Century Paraguay
- Part II: Language, Environment, and Well-Being: Contemporary Challenges
- 7. The Generational Gap and the Road to Well-Being: Language and Natural Environment in the Discourses of Indigenous Old and Young in Tlaxcala
- 8. “¡Amo kitlapanas tetl!”: Heritage Language and the Defense Against Fracking in the Huasteca Potosina, Mexico
- 9. The Interrelation Between Language, History, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Within the Nahuat-Pipil Context of El Salvador
- 10. Cenotes and Placemaking in the Maya World: Biocultural Landscapes as Archival Spaces
- 11. Nakua nukuu ini Ñuu Savi: Nakua jíno, nakua ka’on de nakua sa’on ja jee Koo Yoso
- 12. Tlaneltoquilli tlen mochihua ica cintli ipan tlalli Chicontepec: tlamantli chicahualiztli ipan tochinanco