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Author Mawere, Munyaradzi, author

Title Humans, other beings and the environment : harurwa (edible stinkbugs) and environmental conservation in Southeastern Zimbabwe / by Munyaradzi Mawere
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Setting the Research Agenda: An Introduction -- ch. Two Entering the Fieldwork Site -- ch. Three Harurwa and the Challenge of the Jiri -- ch. Four Personhood, Stories of the Harurwa Origins and Social Networks: Relationalities and Conservation Practices in the Norumedzo -- ch. Five Social Tensions, Village Politics and Natural Resource Conservation in the Norumedzo Communal Area -- ch. Six Harurwa and the Jiri, Social Networks and Management Practices: The Opportunities and Challenges of the Norumedzo Jiri Conservation -- ch. Seven Theoretical Contribution, Evaluation and Conclusion
Summary Humans, Other Beings and the Environment is an ethnographic study of the possibilities for the mutual, symbiotic co-existence of human beings, a unique species of forest insects and natural forests. The result of extensive fieldwork conducted over a period of thirteen months, the book highlights the continuum among humans, wild insects and environmental conservation outcomes in a specific environment of southeastern Norumedzo in rural Zimbabwe. In this respect, it describes interactions and relationships between humans, other beings and the natural forests to demonstrate how some aspects of th
Notes This volume is a revision of the author's PhD thesis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-217)
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Subject Human-animal relationships -- Zimbabwe -- Masvingo Province
Stinkbugs -- Zimbabwe -- Masvingo Province
Forest conservation -- Zimbabwe -- Masvingo Province
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Physical anthropology.
True stories: discovery / historical / scientific.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Forest conservation
Human-animal relationships
Stinkbugs
Zimbabwe -- Masvingo Province
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443884334
1443884332