On the move: Reframing Nomadic Pastoralism Paperback Book

Description: On the move On the Move features three different groups of nomadic or semi-nomadic pastoralists in three vastly different regions - the Central Sahara in Africa, the Arabian Gulf and the Central Eurasian steppes - highlighting crosscutting themes relevant to contemporary concerns about the human condition and our planetary future. The book shares lessons we might learn from the ways of pastoral nomads, such as living lightly on the land and working creatively with and through the sometimes challenging natural environments within which they move and know intimately. Themes under exploration include mobility and self-sufficiency; materialism, consumerism and environmental destruction; the potency of experience-based knowledge both practical and richly imaginative; and how the concepts we use affect our appreciation of cultural differences.The book seeks to highlight the gap between the ways these groups see and understand themselves and the stereotypes - both negative and romantic - by which outsiders (from travellers and architects to ecologists and state officials) have represented them or sought either to appropriate or to control and change them. Working against tendencies to view such groups as timeless or remnants of the past, this exhibit follows a historical approach, juxtaposing different historical periods to show how the pastoralists ways of living and possibilities for flourishing have been affected by both environmental and political forces, specifically from key ruptures of the past century. At the same time, it suggests that we have much to learn from the pastoralist way of life. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Promotional The book invites to reflect on what we might be able to learn from a variety of nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoral communities Details ISBN885724802X Year 2023 ISBN-10 885724802X ISBN-13 9788857248028 Format Paperback Pages 208 Publisher Skira Imprint Skira Place of Publication Milan Country of Publication Italy Subtitle Reframing Nomadic Pastoralism UK Release Date 2023-07-27 DEWEY 305.906918 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-10-30 Publication Date 2023-08-31 Illustrations 100 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143168724;

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