Addressing Social-Ecological Systems across Temporal and Spatial Scales: a Conceptual Synthesis for Ethnobiology

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque; David Ludwig; Ivanilda Soares Feitosa; Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura; Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros; Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves; Risoneide Henriques da Silva; Taline Cristina da Silva; Thiago Gonçalves-Souza; Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior

doi:10.1007/s10745-020-00189-7

Addressing Social-Ecological Systems across Temporal and Spatial Scales: a Conceptual Synthesis for Ethnobiology

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque^*, David Ludwig, Ivanilda Soares Feitosa, Joelson Moreno Brito de Moura, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Paulo Henrique Santos Gonçalves, Risoneide Henriques da Silva, Taline Cristina da Silva, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior

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Abstract

We develop an integrative conceptual framework for addressing social-ecological systems across different spatial and temporal scales. Ethnobiologists study social-ecological systems through the lens of heterogeneous disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Despite the integrative ambitions of the field, ethnobiology often remains fragmented through research programs that emphasize different methods and scales. We propose a conceptual synthesis of three processes: (1) cognitive processing, (2) cultural transmission, and (3) biocultural evolution. We also discuss how social negotiation is embedded in them. By showing how these different processes interact across different spatial and temporal scales, we develop a framework for ethnobiological scholarship that can address complex dynamics in social-ecological systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	557-571
Journal	Human Ecology
Volume	48
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00189-7
Publication status	Published - 11 Nov 2020

Keywords

Biocultural evolution
Cognitive processing
Cultural transmission
Ethnobiology
Humanities
Knowledge integration
Natural sciences
Social science
Social-ecological systems

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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: Local Ecologies of Knowledge: Towards a Philosophy of Ethnobiology
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Albuquerque, U. P., Ludwig, D., Feitosa, I. S., de Moura, J. M. B., de Medeiros, P. M., Gonçalves, P. H. S., da Silva, R. H., da Silva, T. C., Gonçalves-Souza, T., & Ferreira Júnior, W. S. (2020). Addressing Social-Ecological Systems across Temporal and Spatial Scales: a Conceptual Synthesis for Ethnobiology. Human Ecology, 48(5), 557-571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00189-7

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