Participatory Methods in Ethnobiological and Ethnoecological Research

Sieber, Shana Sampaio; Silva, Taline Cristina da; Campos, Letícia Zenóbia de Oliveira; Zank, Sofia; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8636-7_3

Cited by 22 publications

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“…This study reaffirms that using participatory methods can be effective for understanding folk classification systems (Jinxiu et al 2004;Olango et al 2014;Sieber et al 2014;Silva et al 2014). Participatory and gender-sensitive approaches such as the one adopted can also shed light on local motivations for plant management, potential conflicts of interest in local priorities, and the contributions of this process to in situ conservation of genetic resources (Vodouhè et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 69%

Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarieties in Southwest Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens

Karambiri

Elias²,

Vinceti

et al. 2016

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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Section: Value Of the Methodological Approachsupporting

confidence: 69%

Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarieties in Southwest Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens

Karambiri

Elias²,

Vinceti

et al. 2016

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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“…The frequency of therapeutic targets, the focus of the third hypothesis, was estimated through a participatory workshop in which the consensus of the informants was considered [ 19 ]. Although all the experts from both communities were invited to participate in the workshop, only 19 (90%) attended the workshop held in Sítio Bréa, while 21 (84%) attended the Assentamento 10 de Abril workshop.…”

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Does Plant Species Richness Guarantee the Resilience of Local Medical Systems? A Perspective from Utilitarian Redundancy

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Resilience is related to the ability of a system to adjust to disturbances. The Utilitarian Redundancy Model has emerged as a tool for investigating the resilience of local medical systems. The model determines the use of species richness for the same therapeutic function as a facilitator of the maintenance of these systems. However, predictions generated from this model have not yet been tested, and a lack of variables exists for deeper analyses of resilience. This study aims to address gaps in the Utilitarian Redundancy Model and to investigate the resilience of two medical systems in the Brazilian semi-arid zone. As a local illness is not always perceived in the same way that biomedicine recognizes, the term “therapeutic targets” is used for perceived illnesses. Semi-structured interviews with local experts were conducted using the free-listing technique to collect data on known medicinal plants, usage preferences, use of redundant species, characteristics of therapeutic targets, and the perceived severity for each target. Additionally, participatory workshops were conducted to determine the frequency of targets. The medical systems showed high species richness but low levels of species redundancy. However, if redundancy was present, it was the primary factor responsible for the maintenance of system functions. Species richness was positively associated with therapeutic target frequencies and negatively related to target severity. Moreover, information about redundant species seems to be largely idiosyncratic; this finding raises questions about the importance of redundancy for resilience. We stress the Utilitarian Redundancy Model as an interesting tool to be used in studies of resilience, but we emphasize that it must consider the distribution of redundancy in terms of the treatment of important illnesses and the sharing of information. This study has identified aspects of the higher and lower vulnerabilities of medical systems, adding variables that should be considered along with richness and redundancy.

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“…The data were collected from November 2016 to May 2017 through 60 semi-structured interviews with artisanal fishers from the fishing community of Guaxindiba. In the first phase of the study, the participant observation method was used through observations of the fishers routine (Malinowski 1984, Sieber et al 2014.…”

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Ethnoecology and socioeconomic around an artificial reef: the case of artisanal fisheries from southeastern Brazil

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The objective of this study is to describe the ethnoecological aspects, valorization, and commercialization of target species caught by artisanal fishers on the northern coast of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews conducted with 60 fishers from the fishing community of Guaxindiba (21°29'S, 41°00'W), which is associated with the Z-1 fishers' colony. Eighty-nine species were cited by the fishers and 44.1% are important commercial fish in the region. The fishers cited five distinct zones used to fish: border zone (68 species), estuary (41 spp.), artificial reef (27 spp.), "malacacheta" (24 spp.), and open ocean (10 spp.). The fishery resources were classified according to their gastronomic and economic characteristics: primary fish (35 spp.), secondary fish (32 spp.), mixed fish (10 spp.), discarded fish (7 spp.), and fish used as bait (5 spp.). The price of the target species increases along the production chain due to the greater number of people involved, processing costs, and improvement of the product. The data from this study can contribute to local fisheries management and point out to the use of artificial reefs in the maintenance of fishery resources in northern Rio de Janeiro.

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Participatory Methods in Ethnobiological and Ethnoecological Research

Cited by 22 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarieties in Southwest Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens

Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarieties in Southwest Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens

Does Plant Species Richness Guarantee the Resilience of Local Medical Systems? A Perspective from Utilitarian Redundancy

Ethnoecology and socioeconomic around an artificial reef: the case of artisanal fisheries from southeastern Brazil

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