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Informationen zum Autor Ann Kingsolver is Professor of Anthropology and past director of the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. Her research in the United States, Mexico, and Sri Lanka has focused on how people make sense of all that gets called "globalization" and act on those understandings. Her books include NAFTA Stories: Fears and Hopes in Mexico and the United States, Tobacco Town Futures: Global Encounters in Rural Kentucky, and several edited volumes. Sasikumar Balasundaram is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. His research interests include refugees, humanitarian aid, global health, engaged anthropology with children and youth, and contemporary issues of the Up-country Tamils of Sri Lanka. Klappentext No matter where they are located in the world, communities living in mountain regions have shared experiences defined in large part by contradictions. These communities often face social and economic marginalization despite providing the lumber, coal, minerals, tea, and tobacco that have fueled the growth of nations for centuries. They are perceived as remote and socially inferior backwaters on one hand while simultaneously seen as culturally rich and spiritually sacred spaces on the other. These contradictions become even more fraught as environmental changes and political strains place added pressure on these mountain communities. Shifting national borders and changes to watersheds, forests, and natural resources play an increasingly important role as nations respond to the needs of a global economy. The works in this volume consider multiple nations, languages, generations, and religions in their exploration of upland communities' responses to the unique challenges and opportunities they share. From paintings to digital mapping, environmental studies to poetry, land reclamation efforts to song lyrics, the collection provides a truly interdisciplinary and global study. The editors and authors offer a cross-cultural exploration of the many strategies that mountain communities are employing to face the concerns of the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Hard Times" 1: Introduction: Listening to Voices across Global Mountain Regions Ann Kingsolver and Sasikumar Balasundaram Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Mother Jones' Farewell (I Was There)" 2: After Coal, through Film Tom Hansell and Patricia Beaver Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Wigan Pier" 3: Mountains, Coal, and Life in British Columbia and West Virginia Paul S. Ciccantell 4: Black Diamonds Crystal Good 5: Historicizing Poverty and Marginalization in the Southern Mountain Regions of Malawi Tony Milanzi Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Momma Was a Union Woman" 6: Voices for Community Rights in Amazonia Monica Chují Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Blue Ridge Mountain Refugee" 7: Indigenous Social Movements in Mountain RegCarmen Martinez Novo, Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Annapurna Devi Pandey, and Luis Alberto Tuaza Castro Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "People Like You" 8: Rebuilding Mountain Communities after Natural and Human-Made Disasters Jude L. Fernando, Lina Maria Calandra, Stephanie McSpirit, Pam Oldfield Meade, Jeremy Paden and Shaunna L. Scott Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "The Border Line" 9: Moving Heaven and Earth behind Mountains Daniel Joseph Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "Black Gold" 10: Environment, Health, and Justice Mary K. Anglin, Gregory V. Button, and Dolores Molina-Rosales Song Lyrics by Si Kahn: "When the Morning Breaks" 11: Circulating News in Rural China and Appalachia Al Cross and You You 12: Thinking About the Future Jane Jensen, Marco Pitzalis, Mir Afzal Tajik, and Alan J. DeYoung 13: Jirga: Everyday Peace-Building in Rural Mountain Communities of Pakistan Sajjad Ahmad Ja...
