Search for dissertations about: "forest pastoralism"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words forest pastoralism.

  2. 1. At the Tail of the Buffalo : Van Gujjar pastoralists between the forest and the world arena

    Author : Pernille Gooch; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; indigenous peoples; environmental justice; forest management; the Himalays; nature conservation; forest pastoralism; nomads; phenomenology; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Abstract : This study is about how the 'global' becomes localized and how the 'local' is articulated through the 'global'. It deals with the Van (forest) Gujjars, a people of nomadic forest pastoralists who inhabit the Central Himalayas of India. READ MORE

  4. 2. Forest reindeer herding A.D. 1-1800 : an archaeological and palaeoecological study in northern Sweden

    Author : Kjell-Åke Aronsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Domestication; hearth; herding; nomadism; pastoralism; pollen analysis; reindeer; reindeer pen; Saami; settlement pattern; Renskötsel; Renskötsel-- Arkeologi -- Sverige -- 1-1800 e.Kr.; Renskötsel-- Paleoekologi -- Sverige -- 1-1800 e.Kr.;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with reindeer domestication and herding in northern Sweden. The work is focussed on the introduction of forest reindeer herding but this problem is discussed in a wider economic and cultural context.The archaeological material is considered from sourcecritical aspects. READ MORE