Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
The Aymara : pre- and post-Columbian history -- The Aymara community today -- Jaqin Uraqpachat Amuyupa : Aymara cosmovision -- The Aymara cultural landscape -- Social and environmental impact assessment -- Aymara responses to a changing environment -- Conclusion |
Summary |
Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated Indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to hydroelectric and agricultural projects, the Aymara struggle to maintain their sustainable and traditional systems of water use, agriculture, and pastoralism. In this book, the author provides a detailed exploration of the ethnoecological dimensions of the tension between the Aymara, whose economic, spiritual, and social life are inextricably tied to land and water, and three major challenges: the paving of Chile Highway 11, the diversion of the Altiplano waters of the Río Lauca for irrigation and power-generation, and Chilean national park policies regarding Aymara communities, their natural resources, and cultural properties within Parque Nacional Lauca, the International Biosphere Reserve |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed May 5, 2014) |
Subject |
Aymara Indians -- History
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Aymara cosmology.
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Aymara Indians -- Social conditions
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Ethnoecology -- Chile
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Rural development -- Chile
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Economic development -- Chile
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Aymara cosmology
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Aymara Indians
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Aymara Indians -- Social conditions
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Ecology
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Economic development
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Ethnoecology
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Rural development
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SUBJECT |
Chile -- Environmental conditions
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Subject |
Chile
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012043130 |
ISBN |
9780817386665 |
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0817386661 |
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