Environments of learning: Rarámuri children's plant knowledge and experience of schooling, family, and landscapes in the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Wyndham, Felice S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's local knowledge; Cultural transmission; Ethnobotany; Experiential knowledge; Northern Mexico; Rar muri

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ETHNOBOTANY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEARNING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77249149309     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9287-5     Document Type: Article

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