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Hands of the rain forest: the Emberá people of Panama
(Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2009, 2022-02-18)
eng: The Emberá people of Panama use their hands to turn the gifts of the tropical rain forest into meals and essential daily supplies. Emberá children quickly follow in the steps of their parents. They learn to fish for ...
Reforestation amidst deforestation in the Bayano-Darién frontier, Eastern Panama: variations on the forest- transition thesis
(McGill University, 2022-02-22)
eng: The literature on tropical forest-cover change observes a set of drivers responsible for transitions toward reforestation – the so-called 'forest transition'. Uncertainty still exists over how the drivers behave in ...
Slavery on the Spanish Frontier: The Colombian Chocó 1680-1810.
(Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1981] ©1976, 2022-02-21)
Pathways in the periphery: tourism to indigenous communities in Panamá
(Published By: University of Texas Press, 2022-02-22)
eng: Objective. In this era of neoliberal economic policies, tourism offers developing nations a rare opportunity for a source of economic growth that can substantially benefit the poorest of the poor: indigenous peoples. ...
Shamans reconsidered: The Emberá (Chocó) in Darién, Panama
(Society for Latin American Anthropology : American Anthropological Association, 2022-02-23)
Development of an integrated coastal management plan for the Gulf of San Miguel and Darien Province, Panama: Lessons from the experience
(Ocean & Coastal Management, 2022-02-23)
eng: Panama's first experience in integrated coastal management took the form of a pilot project in Darien Province in eastern Panama. The project, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, was part of package of ...
Panama case study: Kuna and Embera-Wounaan medicinal knowledge and access protocols
(Fundacion Dobbo Yala, 2022-02-23)
eng: The study aimed to enhance the protection of the rights of Panama’s Kuna and Embera-Wounaan communities over their medicinal plant knowledge, by exploring: TK ownership and transmission, customary laws for use of TK ...
Tourists and indigenous culture as resources: lessons from Embera cultural tourism in Panama
(Donald V. L. MacleodJames G. Carrier, 2022-02-25)
eng: This groundbreaking book examines the relationship between power, culture and tourism in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia and South East Asia. It illustrates how culture shapes tourism development, ...
Encounters with authentic Embera culture in Panama
(Maria Pia Di BellaCNRS-IRIS-EHESSParis Brian YothersThe University of Texas at El Paso, 2022-02-25)
eng: In this article I will compare indigenous cultural performances for outsiders in an allegedly 'inauthentic' Embera community in Panama, which welcomes tourists on a daily basis, with similar staged events in some other ...
Emberá indigenous tourism and the world of expectations
(Berghahn Books, 2022-02-27)
eng: The negotiation of expectations in tourism is a complex and dynamic process – one that is central to the imagination of cultural difference. Expectations not only affect the lives and experiences of tourists, but also ...