Resource management, seminar October 20, ¡­

Resource management, seminar October 20, 2008.

Read also Smith & Wishnie : Conservation and subsistence

Rappaport: The ritual regulation...

Questions for discussion:

1) Rappaport writes about the relationship between rituals and ecology. What is his model and argument? What do you think about this model in the studies of the relationship between a people and the environment?

2) Why has Hardin's model (The tragedy of the commons) been so widely applied for resource management? Do you think the model is applicable in our time?

3) Which interpretation do Smith and Wishnie put to "conservation¡± and "sustainability" ?

4) How do you think we should handle risks in relation to resource utilization?