Moveable Gardens Itineraries and Sanctuaries of Memory

A propos de l'auteur

Virginia D. Nazarea is a professor of anthropology at the University of Georgia. She has written or edited several books on biodiversity, most recently Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepersand Seeds of Resistance, Seeds of Hope.

Terese Gagnon is a PhD candidate at Syracuse University, where she is writing her dissertation in dialogue with Karen individuals from Myanmar, exploring relationships between people, plants, and sensory politics in forced migration and exile.

Résumé

Explores how biodiversity and food can counter the alienation caused by displacement. The book carefully considers various forms of sanctuary making within communities, and seeks to address how carrying seeds, plants, and other travelling companions is an ongoing response to the grave conditions of displacement in today's world.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Virginia D. Nazarea (Editeur), Terese Gagnon (Editeur), Virginia D Nazarea (Editeur)
• Edition: The University of Arizona Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 30.06.2021
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Nature, technique > Nature: général, ouvrages de référence; Livres de conseils > Nature > Guides de la nature; Sciences naturelles, médecine, it, technique > Biologie > Ecologie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Ethnologie
• EAN: 9780816542215
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-4221-5
• Dimensions (emballage): 15,2 x 22,6 x 2,2 cm
• Poids (emballage): 440 g
• Catégories: NATURE / Plants / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany; Archaeology / Anthropology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social