Environmental teachings for the anthropocene
Subtitle: indigenous peoples and museums in the Western Pacific
By: edited by Atsushi Nobayashi, Scott Simon ; [contributors, Alak Akatuang, Atsushi Nobayashi, Scott Simon [and 11 others]]
Contributors: Duan, Hongkun, 1967- contributor
Series: Senri ethnological studies -- 103; Senri ethnological studies -- no. 103.
Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Osaka, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9784906962860
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Taiwan aborigines; Ethnobotany; Ethnozoology; Museums and indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples
Description: "The  essays  in  this  volume  are  organised  into  four  thematic  groups.  First,  we  begin  with  the  perspectives  of  indigenous  scholars  from  Taiwan,  who  share  how  their  peoples  have  constructed  lifeways  through  relationships  with  plants.  Second,  we  explore  the  wider   context   of   Austronesian   worlds   in   studies   of   human-bird   relations   and   the   widespread  use  of  beads.  Third,  we  examine  the  role  of  museums  in  environmental  education.  Finally,  we  look  at  the  study  of  landscape  and  technology  across  Taiwan  and  neighbouring  islands.  In  other  words,  how  have  people  from  various  cultures  engaged  with  other  living  creatures  and  non-living  objects  in  their  environment?  How  have  these  beings  influenced  human  cultural  practices  and  cosmologies  in  turn?  And  how  can  museums  apply  these  worldviews  to  wider  environmental  education  in  different social contexts?"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part  I :  Indigenous  Insights : The  Route  to  Ramie  Cultural  Ecology; title: The  Social  and  Cultural  Implications  of  Ramie  Restoration  for  the  Siraya; title: A  Preliminary  Study  on  the  Ethnic  Plants  of  the  Sediq  People; title: Part  II:  Austronesian  Perspectives : The  Diversity  of  Taiwanese  Indigenous  Culture  Seen  in  Bead  Products; title: Flying  the  Pacific,  Culturing  Oceania: Human-Bird  Entanglements  and  Austronesian  Worlds; title: Ecology  as  a  Trope  and  the  Virtue  of  Cosmology: Birds  among  the  Alangan  Mangyans  and  the  Blaan  Koronadals  of  Mindanao  (Philippines); title: Part  III:  Museum  Experiences : The  Museum  and  Environmental  Education: A  Case  Study  of  the  National  Museum  of  Prehistory,  Taiwan; title: Trees  as  Museum  Objects: A  Case  Study  of  Trees  at  the  National  Museum  of  Taiwan  History  Park; title: Museum  Management  from  an  Environmental  Perspective: Undertakings  at  the  National  Museum  of  Ethnology; title: Part  IV:  Landscape  in  Taiwan  and  Cross-Scape  Technology : Ritual  Landscapes,  Human-Species  Networks,  and  Environmental  Shift:  Contemporary  Amis'  Ritual  Practices  as  Cultural  Heritage; title: Taiwanese  Love  Nature,  Yet  Struggle  to  Embrace  Their  Heritage:  Let's  Try  Local/Indigenous  Knowledge  and  Value; title: Ecological  Approach  to  Cultural  Elements  Using  GIS-based  Spatial  Analysis.