Rosenberg (Harriet G.). — A Negotiated World : Three Centuries of Change in a French Alpine Community, 1988

Meilleur Brien A. Rosenberg (Harriet G.). — A Negotiated World : Three Centuries of Change in a French Alpine Community, 1988. In: Le Monde alpin et rhodanien. Revue régionale d'ethnologie, n°1-2/1990. pp. 120-121

Du ramassage à la cueillette. L'exemple des Allues dans les Alpes du Nord

A New Form of Gathering (A Case Study in Northern Alpes : Les Allues) Socio-economic change this century in the Northern Alps underlies formal and functional modifications in peasant gathering in the high-altitude commune of Les Allues (Tarentaise, Savoie). A move away from an agro-pastoral subsistence economy and towards a tourism-based moneyed economy has resulted in a radical drop in gathering for traditional alimentary purposes. The new form of gathering which has emerged, while heavily influenced by dominant urban society norms and knowledge, has nevertheless retained several recognizable aspects of the traditional system.Le changement économique et social dans les Alpes du Nord a transformé les pratiques paysannes de ramassage à la fois dans leurs formes et dans leurs fonctions. Le passage d'une économie agro-pastorale de subsistance à une économie monétaire fondée sur le tourisme a considérablement diminué les activités de ramassage à des fins d'approvisionnement. Le nouveau mode de cueillette qui est apparu, quoique fortement influencé par les valeurs et les savoirs de la société urbaine dominante, a néanmoins conservé certains caractères du système traditionnel.Meilleur Brien A. Du ramassage à la cueillette. L'exemple des Allues dans les Alpes du Nord. In: Études rurales, n°87-88, 1982. La chasse et la cueillette aujourd'hui. pp. 165-174

Gens de montagne plantes & saisons. Savoirs écologiques de tradition à Termignon (Savoie )

Meilleur Brien A. Gens de montagne plantes & saisons. Savoirs écologiques de tradition à Termignon (Savoie ). In: Le Monde alpin et rhodanien. Revue régionale d’ethnologie, n°1/1985. Gens de montagne, plantes & saisons. Savoirs écologiques de tradition à Termignon (Savoie) pp. 6-79

Alluetain ethnoecology and traditional economy: the procurement and production of plant resources in the northern French Alps

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1986This dissertation is an ethnoecological study of land and botanical resource use in the French northern alpine commune of Les Allues. It is based on at least two years of field research and extensive use of regional archives. The primary goals were two: to reconstruct a detailed description of the agro-pastoral system of subsistence production, with an emphasis on cultivation and gathering, and to demonstrate one manner in which folk knowledge of the environment was applied by alpine peasants toward the goals of procuring or producing botanical resources. By recognizing and defining 20-some folk biotopes, or emic habitat categories, and describing how these categories were "used" to order biotic space in conjunction with 250-some folk botanical taxa, this dissertation describes one aspect of the imbrication between cognitive process (gnosis) and practical action (praxis) in economic behavior. It is suggested that the folk biotope would be a useful concept in analyzing subsistence production in any small-scale society with close ties to the land. Several detailed accounts of Alluetain agricultural strategies were provided as a contribution to regional ethnography

Rosenberg (Harriet G.). — A Negotiated World : Three Centuries of Change in a French Alpine Community, 1988

Meilleur Brien A. Rosenberg (Harriet G.). — A Negotiated World : Three Centuries of Change in a French Alpine Community, 1988. In: Le Monde alpin et rhodanien. Revue régionale d'ethnologie, n°1-2/1990. pp. 120-121

Genetic Diversity in Eastern Polynesian Eumusa Bananas

Genetic variation within and between the Polynesian Eumusa bananas from Hawai'i, the Marquesas, and the Society Islands is described. Morphological, isozymic, ethnographic, and linguistic-assessments of accessions are used to identify base clones and somatic mutants. A historical review of relevant studies is summarized

Ethnomedicine in Polynesia : past trends and future directions

Abstract. A condensed critical review of the literature on Polynesian ethnomedicine is presented. Strengths and weaknesses are assessed with regard to content, objectives, and outcome in relation to broader theoretical and methodological issues in ethnome- dical research. We conclude that more comprehensive and rigorous methodologies and problem orientations are needed, and make recommendations concerning directions for future work.Etkin Nina L., Meilleur Brien A. Ethnomedicine in Polynesia : past trends and future directions. In: Journal de la Société des océanistes, 96, 1993-1. pp. 19-27