Ethno-ornithology

<p>Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast, western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas. <br>As well as its knowledge base, this book provides practical advice for professionals in conservation and anthropology by demonstrating the relationship between mutual respect, local participation and the building of partnerships for the resolution of joint problems. It identifies techniques that can be transferred to different regions, environments and collections, as well as practices suitable for investigation, adaptation and improvement of knowledge exchange and collection in ornithology. <br>The authors take anthropologists and biologists who have been trained in, and largely continue to practise from, a western reductionist approach, along another path - one that presents ornithological knowledge from alternative perspectives, which can enrich the more common approaches to ecological and other studies as well as plans of management for conservation.</p> <p>Part I: Introduction</p> <p>1. Indigenous Knowledges, Birds that have 'Spoken' and Science</p> <p>2. Ethno-Ornithology and Conservation</p> <p>3. The Broader Significance of Ethno-Ornithology</p> <p>Part II: Birds: Hunting and Products</p> <p>4. The Maori and the Huia</p> <p>5. Santa Cruz Red Feather Currency And The Scarlet Honeyeater</p> <p>6. Entrapment Of Wetland Birds: Local Customs And Methods Of Hunting In Central Java</p> <p>7. Wildlife Hunting and Bird Trade in Northern Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia</p> <p>Part III: Birds and Knowledge</p> <p>8. Transmutation of Human Knowledge about Birds in 16th Century Honduras</p> <p>9. Sound, Sight, Stories and Science: Avoiding Pitfalls in Ethno-Ornithological Research, with Examples from Kenya</p> <p>10. What the Locals Know: Comparing Traditional and Scientific Knowledge of Megapodes in Melanesia</p> <p>Part IV: Birds: Story and Language</p> <p>11. The Birds and Nature in the Stepwells of Gujarat, Western India</p> <p>12. Aboriginal Stories: The Riches and Colour of Australian Birds</p> <p>13. Tlingit Birds, an annotated list with a statistical comparative analysis</p> <p>14. Raven=Heron in Mayan-Language Prehistory: An Ethno-Ornithological/Linguistic Study</p> <p>15. What's in a Bird Name: Relationships among Ethno-Ornithological Terms in Nage and other Malayo-Polynesian Languages </p> <p>Part V: Birds and Conservation</p> <p>16. An Alternate Reality: Maori Spiritual Guardianship of New Zealand's Native Birds</p> <p>17. Everyone Loves Birds: Using Indigenous Knowledge of Birds to Facilitate Conservation in New Guinea</p> <p>18. Birds, People and Conservation in Kenya</p> <p>19. Bird Messengers for all Seasons: Landscapes of Knowledge among the BriBri of Costa Rica</p> <p>20. The Bull of the Bog: Bittern Conservation Practice in a Western Bio-cultural Setting</p> <p>21. Towards an Indonesian bird conservation ethos: reflections from a study of bird-keeping in the cites of Java and Bali</p>