Against the Grain The Vayda Tradition in Human Ecology and Ecological Anthropology
by Walters, Bradley B.; McCay, Bonnie J.; West, Paige; Lees, Susan; Bart, David J.; Pierce Colfer, Carol J.; Dove, Michael; Driscoll, Catherine; Eghenter, Cristina; Haaland, Gunnar; Kuznar, Lawrence A.; Long, Kenneth J.; Maxwell, Keely; McGuire, Thomas R.; NFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-01-17
Publisher(s): AltaMira Press
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Summary
Against the Grain gathers scholars from across disciplines to critically explore the work of ecological anthropologist Andrew P. Vayda and the future of the field of human ecology. The subject matter spans topics such as warfare, indigenous knowledge, and research methodology, each examined in search of a productive and ethically responsible tradition of human ecological research.
Author Biography
Bradley B. Walters is associate professor of geography and environment at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick Bonnie J. McCay is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers in the Department of Human Ecology Paige West is assistant professor of anthropology at Barnard College, New York Susan Lees is professor emerita of anthropology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Introductory Essays | |
| An Intellectual History of Ecological Anthropology | p. 11 |
| Maori Warfare: Prefiguring Contemporary Directions in Ecological Science | p. 27 |
| Events, Causes, and Explanations | |
| Explaining Causes in Evolving Contexts: From Nepali Hill Farmers to Business Managers in Thailand | p. 43 |
| Events, Politics, and Environmental Change | p. 67 |
| Orthodoxy and Revision in West African Guinea Savanna Ecology | p. 81 |
| Looking for Cause with All the Small Changes: Using Event Ecology to Find Human Causes of Biological Invasions | p. 99 |
| Shell Games on the Water Bottoms of Louisiana: Investigative Journalism and Anthropological Inquiry | p. 117 |
| Process in an Eventful Environment | p. 135 |
| A New Guinea Culture-Bound Syndrome Revisited: Vayda, Humility, and Monological Authority in Anthropology | p. 145 |
| Deductive-nomological vs. Causal-mechanical Explanation: Relative Strengths and Weaknesses in Anthropological Explanation | p. 159 |
| Vayda Blues: Explanation in Darwinian Ecological Anthropology | p. 175 |
| Research on Environment and Development | |
| What Kind of Anthropology for Successful Conservation Management and Development? | p. 195 |
| Environmental Conservation and Social Life in Papua New Guinea | p. 207 |
| The Concept of Human Agency in Contemporary Conservation and Development | p. 225 |
| Using Progressive Contextualization to Understand a Rural Development Success Story in Indonesian Borneo | p. 255 |
| From Understanding to Action: Building on Anthropological Approaches to Influence Policy Making | p. 273 |
| The Relevant Context: Environmental Consequences of Images of the Future | p. 287 |
| Indigenous Knowledge and In Situ Crop Germplasm Conservation | p. 307 |
| Concluding Essay | |
| Causal Explanation as a Research Goal: A Pragmatic View | p. 317 |
| Index | p. 369 |
| About the Contributors | p. 375 |
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