Search Results - "Cosmology"

Are there customary rights to plants?: an inquiry among the Baganda (Uganda), with special attention to gender by Howard, Patricia L., Nabanoga, Gorettie

“…The case study investigates the gendered nature of informal rights to selected tree and plant species that are distinct from, but related to, customary rights to land and trees, and are embedded in cosmology and social norms.…”
Get full text

A comprehension of Feng-shui and its relevance to landscape architecture by Wang, Yang

“…Feng-shui stems from the Chinese cosmology and is closely related to the Ying-Yang dualism. …”

Investigating discouraging and encouraging emic reasons to apply eco-efficient farming methods by Beck, Lilian-Marleen

“…The results suggest that a crucial barrier is the inferiority–superiority dynamic between external teachers and indigenous and the ignorance of the interrelatedness of farming with cosmology. Extension actors ‘meddle on the natives’ turf’ by trying to integrate eco-efficient methods into their cosmologically framed cropping system. …”
Get full text