Folkecology and commons management in the Maya Lowlands. Export

@article{citeulike:922011, abstract = {Three groups living off the same rainforest habitat manifest strikingly distinct behaviors, cognitions, and social relationships relative to the forest. Only the area's last native Maya reveal systematic awareness of ecological complexity involving animals, plants, and people and practices clearly favoring forest regeneration. Spanish-speaking immigrants prove closer to native Maya in thought, action, and social networking than do immigrant Maya. There is no overriding "local," "Indian," or "immigrant" relationship to the environment. Results indicate that exclusive concern with rational self-interest and institutional constraints do not sufficiently account for commons behavior and that cultural patterning of cognition and access to relevant information are significant predictors. Unlike traditional accounts of relations between culture, cognition, and behavior, the models offered are not synthetic interpretations of people's thoughts and behaviors but are emergent cultural patterns derived statistically from measurements of individual cognitions and behaviors.}, address = {Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Centre de Recherche en Epist\'{e}mologie Appliqu\'{e}e, 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France. satran@umich.edu}, author = {Atran, S. and Medin, D. and Ross, N. and Lynch, E. and Coley, J. and Ek', E. U. and Vapnarsky, V.}, citeulike-article-id = {922011}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10377461}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10377461}, day = {22}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {environment, ethnography, management, maya}, month = {June}, number = {13}, pages = {7598--7603}, posted-at = {2008-04-23 00:18:33}, priority = {2}, title = {Folkecology and commons management in the Maya Lowlands.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10377461}, volume = {96}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:922011 L3 - citeulike-article-id:922011 N2 - Three groups living off the same rainforest habitat manifest strikingly distinct behaviors, cognitions, and social relationships relative to the forest. Only the area's last native Maya reveal systematic awareness of ecological complexity involving animals, plants, and people and practices clearly favoring forest regeneration. Spanish-speaking immigrants prove closer to native Maya in thought, action, and social networking than do immigrant Maya. There is no overriding "local," "Indian," or "immigrant" relationship to the environment. Results indicate that exclusive concern with rational self-interest and institutional constraints do not sufficiently account for commons behavior and that cultural patterning of cognition and access to relevant information are significant predictors. Unlike traditional accounts of relations between culture, cognition, and behavior, the models offered are not synthetic interpretations of people's thoughts and behaviors but are emergent cultural patterns derived statistically from measurements of individual cognitions and behaviors. IS - 13 JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A SN - 0027-8424 AD - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Centre de Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée, 1 rue Descartes, 75005 Paris, France. satran@umich.edu EP - 7603 TI - Folkecology and commons management in the Maya Lowlands. VL - 96 SP - 7598 KW - environment KW - ethnography KW - management KW - maya AU - Atran, S AU - Medin, D AU - Ross, N AU - Lynch, E AU - Coley, J AU - Ek', EU AU - Vapnarsky, V PY - 1999/06/22/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10377461 ER -