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On the Relation of the Boruca and the Maleku with Plants and Animals

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Costa Rican Traditional Knowledge According to Local Experiences

Part of the book series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science ((SACH,volume 8))

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In the present transcribed, edited and annotated talk, sociologist Elvis Cornejo Venegas describes the relationship of the Boruca and Maleku cultures with nature. The speaker has firsthand experience helping these communities in the recovery of knowledge which was lost due to many years of transnational pineapple monoculture. Rather than talking in the abstract, the speaker shows us people in survival mode, not just daily survival but identity survival as well.

E. Cornejo Venegas is the author of the original talk. M. Ortega-Rodríguez and H. Solís-Sánchez were responsible for transcribing, translating, editing and annotating the talk, including the vignettes; their comments appear within square brackets.

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  1. Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Carlos, Costa Rica

    Elvis Cornejo Venegas

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Correspondence to Elvis Cornejo Venegas .

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  1. Physics Department, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

    Manuel Ortega-Rodríguez

  2. Physics Department, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

    Hugo Solís-Sánchez

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Cornejo Venegas, E. (2019). On the Relation of the Boruca and the Maleku with Plants and Animals. In: Ortega-Rodríguez, M., Solís-Sánchez, H. (eds) Costa Rican Traditional Knowledge According to Local Experiences. Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06146-3_7

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