A Country of Shepherds: Cultural Stories of a Changing Mediterranean Landscape

Kathleen Ann Myers
Open Book Publishers
2024-03-05

This book draws on the life stories told by shepherds, farmers, and their families in the Andalusian region in Spain to sketch out the landscapes, actions, and challenges of people who work in pastoralism. Their narratives highlight how local practices interact with regional and European communities and policies, and they help us see a broader role for extensive grazing practices and sustainability.

A Country of Shepherds is timely, reflecting the growing interest in ecological farming methods as well as the Spanish government’s recent work with UNESCO to recognise the seasonal movement of herd animals in the Iberian Peninsula as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Demonstrating the critical role of tradition, cultural geographies, and sustainability in the Mediterranean, this book will appeal to academicians but also to general readers who seek to understand, in very human terms, the impact of the world-wide environmental crisis we are now experiencing.

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  • HIS064000
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • Economics, Politics and Sociology
  • Politics and Sociology
  • European history
  • Agriculture & related industries
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Agriculture & farming
  • Conservation of the environment
  • European Studies
  • Case studies
  • Ecology
  • SF55.S718
  • Environmental Studies
  • European history
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • European history
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Pastoralism
  • Shepherds
  • Spain
  • Sustainability

A Country of Shepherds: Cultural Stories of a Changing Mediterranean Landscape

Kathleen Ann Myers

Open Book Publishers

2024-03-05

CC BY-NC

This book draws on the life stories told by shepherds, farmers, and their families in the Andalusian region in Spain to sketch out the landscapes, actions, and challenges of people who work in pastoralism. Their narratives highlight how local practices interact with regional and European communities and policies, and they help us see a broader role for extensive grazing practices and sustainability.

A Country of Shepherds is timely, reflecting the growing interest in ecological farming methods as well as the Spanish government’s recent work with UNESCO to recognise the seasonal movement of herd animals in the Iberian Peninsula as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Demonstrating the critical role of tradition, cultural geographies, and sustainability in the Mediterranean, this book will appeal to academicians but also to general readers who seek to understand, in very human terms, the impact of the world-wide environmental crisis we are now experiencing.

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Topics

  • HIS064000
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • Economics, Politics and Sociology
  • Politics and Sociology
  • European history
  • Agriculture & related industries
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Agriculture & farming
  • Conservation of the environment
  • European Studies
  • Case studies
  • Ecology
  • SF55.S718
  • Environmental Studies
  • European history
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • Cultural studies: food and society
  • European history
  • Conservation of the environment
  • Pastoralism
  • Shepherds
  • Spain
  • Sustainability