Conserving Cultures
Subtitle: Technology, Globalization, and the Future of Local Cultures
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: May 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780742527348
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Social aspects; Globalization; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Sociology / General; Culture; Information technology; Technology and civilization
Description: "As the forests are felled, cultures are destroyed. In our technological civilization, the forces of globalization are a threat to both nature and culture. The many and varied cultures of the world are beset by the homogenizing impact of the global media, which represents the triumph of technology. This fate can only be averted by a concerted effort at cultural conservation. Nature and culture must be protected to preserve a world habitable by humans. The threat to nature is now well understood, but how it relates to culture is not. The first book to link nature and cultural conservation, Conserving Cultures both describes and analyzes theoretically the danger to the variety of cultures and proposes practical remedial measures."--BOOK JACKET.