Browsing by Author "Rhoades, Robert E."

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  • Agricultural anthropology
    Rhoades, Robert E. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005)
    This book chapter describes the evolution of agricultural anthropology over the latter half of the twentieth century. The author draws upon research experiences in a number of areas and provides specific examples related to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management research in the Andes to illustrate the merit of the discipline.
  • Analysis multitemporal de cambio del uso del suelo en la region andina del canton Cotacachi entre los años 1963 y 2000
    Zapata Ríos, X.; Rhoades, Robert E.; Salcedo, M. (2004)
    OBJETIVOS: desarrollar un mapa de cobertura vegetal para los años 1963, 1978, 1993 y 2000 para una superficie de 21902 ha; caracterizar las diferentes categorías de uso del suelo; cuantificar el área correspondiente a cada categoría de uso del suelo en cada uno de los años de análisis; y analizar la dinámica de 40 años de cambio
  • Breaking New Ground: Agricultural Anthropology
    Rhoades, Robert E. (Lima, Peru: International Potato Center, 1984)
  • Breaking new ground: Linking research, participation and sustainable development
    Rhoades, Robert E. (2002)
    This chapter describes the global mission of SANREM as developing principles and methodologies for sustainable ecosystem management at multiple scales. The author then further describes how this mission was carried out in Ecuador.
  • Catch the tiger by the tail: Some notes on method
    Nazarea, Virginia; Rhoades, Robert E.; Bontoyan, E.; Flora, G. (Washington, D.C.: Society for Applied Anthropology, 1999)
    Nazarea et al respond to criticisms over their use of modified Thematic Apperception Tests for eliciting culturally relevant indicators of sustainability and quality of life.
  • Climate change in Cotacachi
    Rhoades, Robert E.; Zapata Ríos, X.; Aragundy, J. (Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006)
    The fifth chapter uses a combination of satellite imagery and interviews to understand the loss of glaciers in the Andes. While symptomatic of seasonal change and reduced levels of snow, the loss of glaciers in Cotacachi presents a serious problem for water availability in agricultural and household use. Local people are increasingly aware of the loss of the Cotacachi glacier and how this has affected water use even in the span of their lifetimes.
  • Costumbres del ayer, Tesoros del mañana: Plantas de herencia, conocimientos ancestrales y bancos de memoria
    Nazarea, Virginia; Piniero, M. C.; Rhoades, Robert E.; Alarcón, R.; Camacho, J. (Quito, Ecuador: Abya Yala Press, 2003)
    This resource provides memory banking protocol and teaching packet in Spanish for local students.
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    Cotacachi: A case study in governance and decentralization
    Rhoades, Robert E. (Laboratory of Agricultural and Natural Resources Anthropology (LANRA), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Georgia: Athens, Ga., 2005)
    Invited paper presented at International Conference on Mountain Governance and Decentralization: Banff Centre, Canada, 4-8 June 2005
  • Cuentos de la Creación y Resistencia
    Nazarea, Virginia; Guitarra, R.; Piniero, M. C.; Guitarra, C.; Rhoades, Robert E.; Alarcón, R. (Ediciones Abya-Yala: Quito, Ecuador, 2004)
    This compilation of stories about creation and resistance reveals the oral tradition of the local indigenous communities in the Cotacachi Canton. The stories are given in three languages: English, Spanish, and Quechua (Castellano, Inglés y Quechua)
  • Defining culturally relevant indicators: What are we waiting for?
    Nazarea, Virginia; Rhoades, Robert E.; Bontoyan, E.; Flora, G. (Washington, D.C.: Society for Applied Anthropology, 1999)
    Nazarea et al respond to comments made by Marlor et al regarding their paper on defining culturally relevant indicators in relation to natural resources.
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    Defining indicators which make sense to local people: Intra-cultural variation in perceptions of natural resources
    Nazarea, Virginia; Rhoades, Robert E.; Bontoya, E.; Flora, G. (Boston, Mass.: Society for Applied Anthropology, 1998)
    This article presents a method and a case study based on an applied ethnoecology approach and utilizing an adaptation of the Thematic Apperception Test. Pictures of scenes around the Manupali watershed in Bukidnon, Philippines, were used to elicit 51 informants'perceptions and assessments of different environmental features and agricultural practices. Informants' stories were scored based on dominant themes to identify indicators of sustainability and quality of life that are relevant for different ethnic, gender and age groups. These contextually sensitive indicators, the authors conclude, differ significantly from externally defined indicators and vary systematically as a function of socioeconomic and sociodemographic parameters. Taking culturally relevant indicators into consideration can help shape development trajectories that local people can identify with and benefit from in the short-and long-term.
  • Desarrollo con Identidad: Comunidad, Cultura, y Sustentabilidad en los Andes
    Rhoades, Robert E. (Ediciones Abya-Yala: Quito, Ecuador, 2006)
    This book uses the county of Cotacachi, Ecuador as a basis of representation for sustainable development through participatory processes. The book begins with an identification of the Cotacachi landscape and profile. Other chapters included address biodiversity, soil and water conservation and sustainability.
  • Development with Identity: Community, Culture and Sustainability in the Andes
    Rhoades, Robert E. (CABI Publishing: Wallingford, UK, 2006)
    This book uses the county of Cotacachi, Ecuador as a basis of representation for sustainable development through participatory processes. The book begins with an identification of the Cotacachi landscape and profile. Other chapters included address biodiversity, soil and water conservation and sustainability.
  • El Cantón Cotacachi: Espacio y Sociedad
    Rhoades, Robert E.; Gómez, N. (ed.); Hidalgo, J. (ed.); López, F. (ed.); Vicuña, A. (ed.) (Ediguias C. Limited: Quito, Ecuador, 2005)
    El proyecto Agricultura Sustentable y Manejo de Recursos Naturales ¿ SANREM -, ha tenido como meta global desarrollar principios y metodologías para el manejo sustentable de ecosistema a nivel de paisaje y de las unidades tales como divisorias y cuencas fluviales, ecoregiones y división político-administrativa.
  • Forgotten futures: Scientific models versus local visions of land use change
    Rhoades, Robert E.; Nazarea, Virginia (Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2006)
    This chapter encourages development practitioners to consider the perspectives of local and indigenous peoples in regard to the idea of "sustainability". This division is highlighted through discussion of what science may consider sustainable practices and community visions for future development. Examples and supporting data are provided by SANREM data gathered during the Cotacachi project.
  • Four decades of land use change in the Cotacachi Andes: 1963-2000
    Zapata Ríos, X.; Rhoades, Robert E.; Segovia, M. C.; Zehetner, Franz (Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006)
    This fourth chapter uses a combination of scientific tools and interview to track changes in land use patterns in Cotacachi over the latter half of the twentieth century. Major trends found in the study include increasing agricultural production across tracts of brushland, the break up of low land haciendas due to agrarian reform, and increasingly mixed forest composition as timber becomes a more important commodity for economic use.
  • Future visioning for the Andes: Scientific models and local perspectives on landuse change
    Rhoades, Robert E.; Zapata Ríos, X. (Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006)
    Summarizing the theme of sustainability in watershed and ecosystem management, Chapter 20 discusses the use of the future visioning methodology to craft long term goals for the management and development of the Cotacachi region. This process included collaboration with people of all ages and genders, producing a range of results in negotiating a future vision.