Ethnogeography and Resource Use among the Yanomami

Toward a Model of “Reticular Space

Bibliographic Data

ID2220122
AuthorsBruce Albert (Territoires), François-Michel Le Tourneau (0000-0003-1184-8624, Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques), François‐michel Le Tourneau
Year2007
Volume48
Issue4
Pages584-592
Publication date2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCurrent Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/519914
OpenAlexW1492645879
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited7

Study of the spatial patterns of land use and forest resource exploitation by a Yanomami community in northern Amazonia (Brazil) combining high-resolution satellite imagery and global positioning system survey data with ethnogeographic fieldwork shows that its natural-resource use is configured in terms of "reticular space" rather than a set of discrete concentric exploitation "zones." This model of reticular space has general relevance for the Yanomami and other Amazonian indigenous groups. The research reported demonstrates the value of a multidisciplinary methodology for gathering data on ethnogeographic practices and knowledge that are essential for the appropriate demarcation of indigenous protected areas and the long-term sustainable management of their environment in the Amazon and other tropical-forest environments

Agroforestry · Amazon rainforest · Amazonian · Environmental resource management · Geography · Indigenous · Multidisciplinary approach · Natural resource · Political science · Relevance · Relevance (law · Remote sensing · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Traditional knowledge · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Environmental Science