Possible articulations between the practices of local inhabitants and academic outcomes of landscape history: Ecotourism on Ishigaki Island
Shimoda, K. (2016). Possible articulations between the practices of local inhabitants and academic outcomes of landscape history: Ecotourism on Ishigaki Island, in: Kayanne, H. (Ed.) Coral reef science: Strategy for ecosystem symbiosis and coexistence with humans under multiple stresses. Coral Reefs of the World, 5: pp. 73-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54364-0_6
In: Kayanne, H. (Ed.) (2016). Coral reef science: Strategy for ecosystem symbiosis and coexistence with humans under multiple stresses. Coral Reefs of the World, 5. Springer: Tokyo. ISBN 978-4-431-54363-3; e-ISBN 978-4-431-54364-0. ix, 101 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54364-0, meer
In: Coral Reefs of the World. Springer: Dordrecht. ISSN 2213-719X, meer
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Ecotourism; Landscape history; Local knowledge; Outsider; Participatory action research Ishigaki Island |
| Abstract |
This chapter discusses possible practical articulations between local or personal knowledge related to the exploitation of living resources and academic outcomes of landscape history, based on the study of “ecotourism” on Ishigaki Island, Japan. The narratives of certain ecotourism company officers born and raised on Ishigaki remind us that the importance of the “skills and knowledge required to observe nature,” based on biological or ecological knowledge, is relative. I suggest that fieldwork and research results may function as (1) a medium to connect people and (2) a catalyst to evoke local inhabitants’ memories. If a course can be developed that makes effective use of these people’s memories in future landscape planning, in all likelihood, ecotourism, as well as coexistence with nature on Ishigaki, will improve. |
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