<p> In recent years, the field of study variously called local, indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that scientific methods can accurately elicit and
Landscape, Process and Power
β Scribed by Serena Heckler
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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