Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds and herders in different European regions. Transhumance and extensive breeding are revitalized as a potential resource for inner and rural areas of Europe against depopulation and as an efficient form of farming deeply influencing landscape and functioning as a perfect eco-system service. This book is an occasion to reconsider grazing communities’ frictions in the new global heritage scenario.
Edited by:
Letizia Bindi
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781805393337
ISBN 10: 1805393332
Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 05 July 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures Foreword Tim Ingold Introduction Letizia Bindi Part I: Pastoralism as a Bio-Cultural Heritage? Chapter 1. Transhumance in Greece: Multifunctionality as an Asset for Sustainable Development Athanasios Ragkos Chapter 2. The Conflict of Nomadic Pastoralism on Sheep Tracks In Piedmont Po Plain (CollinaPo Biosphere Reserve) Dino Genovese, Luca Battaglini and Ippolito Ostellino Chapter 3. Between Two Different Worlds: Pastoralism and Protected Natural Areas in Provence-Alpes-Côte D’azur Patrick Fabre and Jean Claude Duclos Chapter 4. Reintroducing Bears and Restoring Shepherding Practices. The Production of a Wild Heritage Landscape in the Central Pyrenees Lluìs Ferrer and Ferran Pons-Raga Chapter 5. Transhumance in Kelmend, Northern Albania. Traditions, contemporary challenges and sustainable development Martine Wolff Chapter 6. Revisiting Transhumance from Stilfs, South Tyrol, Italy: The Everyday Diverse Economy Of A Forgotten Alternative Food Network Annalisa Colombino and Jeffrey John Powers Part II: Discontinuities and Transformations Chapter 7. Transhumance is the New Black. Fragile Rangelands and Local Regenerations Letizia Bindi Chapter 8. Continuities and Disruptions in Transhumance Practices in the Silesian Beskids: The Case of Koniaków Village Katarzyna Marcol and Maciej Kurcz Chapter 9. Contemporary Transformation of The Pastoral System In The Romanian Carpathian: A Case Study From Maramures Region Cosmin Marius Ivascu and Anamaria Iuga Chapter 10. Mountain Pasture in Friuli: Past and Present (Italy) Špela Ledinek Lozej Chapter 11. From Nomadism to Ranching Economy: Reindeer Transhumance among the Finnish Sámi Nuccio Mazzullo and Hannah Strauss-Mazzullo Chapter 12. Wandering Shepherds: New and Old Transhumances in Sardinia and Sicily Sebastiano Mannia Chapter 13. The Coexistence of Transhumance Shepherding Practices and Tourism on Bielašnica Mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina Manca Filak and Žiga Gorišek Afterword: Desire for Transhumance Cyril Isnard Index
Letizia Bindi has been a professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology at several Italian Universities and a visiting scholar in Spanish, French, Polish and other non-European Universities. In 2009 received the Tanturri Foundation Prix for Anthropological and Popular Traditions Studies. She is presently a professor at the University of Molise, Italy.
Reviews for Grazing Communities: Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions
“The book efficiently presents links between local practice, landscape conservation, and cultural heritage, as needs to be sustained and promoted at a European scale for sustainable tourism, local development, and rural communities.” • Luca Battaglini, University of Padova
