Article Dans Une Revue Current Anthropology Année : 2007

Ethnogeography and Resource Use among the Yanomami

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Study of the spatial patterns of land use and forest resource exploitation by a Yanomami community in northern Amazonia (Brazil) combining high-resolution satellite imagery and global positioning system survey data with ethnogeographic fieldwork shows that its natural-resource use is configured in terms of "reticular space" rather than a set of discrete concentric exploitation "zones." This model of reticular space has
general relevance for the Yanomami and other Amazonian indigenous groups. The research reported demonstrates the value of a multidisciplinary methodology for gathering data on ethnogeographic practices and knowledge that are essential for the appropriate demarcation of indigenous protected areas and the long-term sustainable management of their environment in the Amazon and other tropical-forest environments.

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halshs-00168318 , version 1 (08-06-2011)

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Bruce Albert, François-Michel Le Tourneau. Ethnogeography and Resource Use among the Yanomami. Current Anthropology, 2007, 48 (4), pp.584-592. ⟨10.1086/519914⟩. ⟨halshs-00168318⟩
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