The Cultural Value of Trees

This volume focuses on the tree, as a cultural and biological form, and examines the concept of folk value and its implications for biocultural conservation.

Autorentext

Jeffrey Wall is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Ethnobiology and holds a PhD in Natural Resources from Cornell University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Tree Folk Value: Meaning-full Trees, a Thriving Living World, Cultural Survival I. The Americas and the Caribbean 2. Becoming tree, becoming memory: social-ecological fabrics in Pewen (Araucaria araucaria) landscapes of the southern Andes 3. White Pine: The Tree That Sparked Peace, Revolution, and Insurrection 4. Pepperwood: Sustainably and Ethically Expanding Commercial Use of an Undervalued Tree and Cultural Keystone Species? 5. Nyame's Altar: A Cultural History of the 'God tree' in Jamaica 6. "Paddle with the Tide": Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Western Redcedar Coevolution II. Eurasia and Australia 7. Chestnut Time and Chestnut Place: Conserving Chestnut-Ness (Kestanelik) in Turkey 8. Hawthorn in Ireland: a rich heritage of folklore, fact and fantasy 9. The Carob as a Blessed or Accursed Tree 10. Plant pathogens in emotional landscapes: olive stakeholders and Xylella outbreak in Apulia, Southern Italy 11. Local cultural values of Persian walnut in Iran III. East Asia 12. How Nuaulu Sago Palms Feature in Debates Around the Measurement of Plant Use and Valuation 13. Revisiting the Folk Value of Kitayama Sugi under contemporary cultural changes IV. Africa 14. Djinn-etics of the Argan Tree: Navigating vegetal human Hybrid Kinship 15. The Folk Value of Eucalyptus, Cedar, and Olive in Northwestern Ethiopia