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WinklerPrins, Antoinette M. G. A.

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“…Intense interaction between these two environments was also observed by Padoch et al . [56] in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon and by WinklerPrins [57] in the state of Pará in the Amazon.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Homegardens are also important because they foster the exchange of knowledge and genetic resources between people, as well as experimentation by farmers. Thus, in addition to offering benefits to the family unit, homegardens contribute to the community’s collectivity [57,67,71,72]. In the community, homegardens are important for the diffusion of knowledge regarding the use of fruits from E.edulis .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This finding differs from the results of other studies, some of which report an association of homegardens with the market [69,75,76]. The presence of palms is very frequent in homegardens and has been observed in studies conducted in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest in both quilombola communities and in urban communities [18,77], in urban communities in the Brazilian cerrado [78,79], in rural communities of the caatinga [69,72], in urban communities of the pantanal [75], in urban, rural, indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in the Amazon [57,73,74,76,80], where it is not always associated with markets.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Use of the palm Euterpe edulismartius in landscape units managed by migrants of German origin in Southern Brazil

Milanesi

Peroni

Reis

2013

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundPeople influence their environments through the manipulation of landscapes and species. Human influence on the landscape may lead to the development of differentiated landscape units that originate from past use and may be related to the presence of certain species. This study investigated the presence of the palm Euterpe edulis and its current and past importance in landscape units established by a community of German descendants located in southern Brazil. The objectives of this study were to characterize the use of the species, to identify the importance of E.edulis for the German immigrant community, to identify past and current uses of E.edulis, to describe the historical use of the landscape, and lastly, to identify landscape units in which E.edulis is found.MethodsThe researched community is composed of people of German descent residing in southern Brazil. A variety of research tools were used to achieve the objectives of the research. Semi-structured interviews and free-listings were conducted in all family units. The interviews focused on groups of people in the community who had current or historical connection with the species. Group workshops and guided tours were conducted to identify different landscape units. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, use-value index, citation frequency, salience index, and informant perception analysis.ResultsOver the historical period studied, the community demonstrated changes with respect to economic activities. These changes are reflected in the transformation of the landscape. The species E.edulis was and still is very important for people in the community; its importance is reflected in its high use value, citation frequency and salience. The species is found within various landscape units in the community as well as in homegardens and in secondary forests.ConclusionsThe landscape heterogeneity of this community is influenced by changes in economic activities and by the relationship with the conservation unit. Landscape units resulting from this relationship may be identified. The species E.edulis is found within these landscape units and is integrated into the livelihood of the community.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Use of the palm Euterpe edulismartius in landscape units managed by migrants of German origin in Southern Brazil

Milanesi

Peroni

Reis

2013

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Gardens can be designed to increase the biodiversity within them, exposing people to a wider range of plants and animals than they would otherwise encounter. A study of a home gardens in Santarem, Brazil found that home gardeners supported high levels of plant species richness −98 plant species-including a range of fruit trees and shrubs, ornamentals, vegetables, herbs, and medicinal plants (Winklerprins, 2002). Similarly, allotment and community gardens can be designed to support biodiversity.…”

Section: Biodiversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Gardens as a Space to Engender Biophilia: Evidence and Ways Forward

Lin

Egerer

Ossola

2018

Front. Built Environ.

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Cities are losing green space, driving an extinction of nature experiences for urban communities. Incremental green space loss can trigger a ratcheting-down effect where individuals' expectations of nature continually decrease through time. This loss of everyday nature experiences may produce a citizenry with reduced knowledge and appreciation of biodiversity and the environment. In this review, we examine how urban gardens, as urban spaces that bring people into close contact with nature in an otherwise built environment, can combat this ratcheting-down effect by encouraging interactions and knowledge of nature. Although the primary purpose of urban gardening may be food production, they also represent areas of social and recreational value as well as environmental education and knowledge sharing. We review three ways urban gardens may engender greater: 1) the provision of natural elements to expose urban dwellers to the diversity of plants, animals, soils that they would otherwise not encounter in their daily life; 2) fostering a greater understanding of natural processes that affect food production (e.g. climate processes, pest control, pollination) and thus the natural world; and 3) the provision of a safe space in which humans can corporeally interact with nature elements to develop greater fascination with nature. Urban gardeners, by interacting with soil, plants, and animals in these spaces, come into direct contact with a range of environmental elements. The practice of growing food and plants means that gardeners learn about environmental processes, such as pollination or changes in precipitation, and how they affect plant growth. Thus, urban gardens can engender biophilia for their participants by increasing exposure, positive interactions, and knowledge of nature, potentially changing people's attitudes to nature. We present examples from a variety of urban gardens to show how these spaces can be designed using biophilic thinking to enhance people's everyday nature experiences and their drive to interact with the natural world. Keywords: nature relatedness, nature exposure, urban green space, environmental attitudes, urban lifestyle URBAN GREEN SPACE LOSS AND THE EXTINCTION OF NATURE EXPERIENCES Urbanization is a major driver of global land cover change (Grimm et al., 2008; McDonald et al., 2008), and urban dwellers now exceed 50% of the global population. Urban areas are predicted to absorb the majority of the continued population growth over the next four decades (United Nations, 2010). However, cities are relatively nature-poor because the built environment

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“…Indigenous urbanization most frequently entails interconnecting and transforming contexts and people. The urbanization of rural communities creates all sorts of hybrid, peri-urban, and suburban spaces in between (Brondizio et al, 2013; Cleary, 1993; WinklerPrins, 2002). The spatial, material, aesthetic, and social transformations arising from the urbanization process in the Amazon challenge the normative dichotomous conception of urban–rural life.…”

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The Northwestern Amazon malocas: Craft now and then

Gutiérrez

2019

Journal of Material Culture

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In the Northwestern Amazon, resilience in construction has been traditionally conceived as a capacity for social, climatic, and spatial adaptability. Through methods of seasonal reconstruction based on lightweight enclosures made mainly from palms, vernacular housing, or malocas, in the region have proven efficient from environmental, human comfort, and cultural perspectives. Intricately woven palms, layered to shape roofs and walls, form enclosures that repel water, insulate heat, and reflect light while embodying specific projections of the body in space as the basis of unique cosmological perspectives of spatial organization. The palm-weave is the very root of the construction ethos of Northwestern Amazon housing. In the last few decades, these complex woven enclosures have been progressively replaced with industrial panels made of materials such as galvanized steel or cement, simply because of their low economic cost and availability. The loss of the palm-weave in roof-walls is not a mere replacement but a supplantation of material culture and has profound environmental, human comfort, and social implications. In a context where resilience has been shaped cognitively and physically through a plant-based material culture of adaptability, what is the extent of a potential craft disruption? The supplantation of the palm-weave technical practice implies a loss of social engagement in a craft that has defined an understanding of belonging and inhabitation. This article addresses how the geometric, scale, and spatial characteristics originating from the distinctive palm-weave craft of the Western Amazon malocas of the Bora, Miraña, Muiname (Witoto), Murui (Witoto), Yukuna, Tikuna, and Makuna groups perform as a living entity. By questioning the differences between craft preservation vis-à-vis reclamation, the author explores the specific architectural and social characteristics that are locally valued in the inherited craft to create a path for discussing future generations of palm-weave in the Northwestern Amazon.

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Cited by 97 publications

References 30 publications

Use of the palm Euterpe edulismartius in landscape units managed by migrants of German origin in Southern Brazil

Use of the palm Euterpe edulismartius in landscape units managed by migrants of German origin in Southern Brazil

Urban Gardens as a Space to Engender Biophilia: Evidence and Ways Forward

The Northwestern Amazon malocas: Craft now and then

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