Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 303-70 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2M6, Canada.
Ambio. 2019 Dec;48(12):1470-1481. doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01176-z. Epub 2019 Apr 8.
Social-ecological memory (SEM) is an analytical construct used to consider the ways by which people can draw upon biological materials and social memory to reorganize following a disturbance. Since its introduction into the literature, there have been few cases that have considered its use. We use ethnographic methods to study Bribri people's commercial crops that have been invaded by different fungal pathogens and have undergone several disturbance recovery cycles. We show how the Bribri have used social memory and ecological memory together, dynamic interactions of legacies and reservoirs, and the role of mobile links for reorganization following the impact of fungal diseases. Insights from the Bribri indicate that protection of biodiversity, management practices, and adoption of new species and varieties are all crucial. The SEM concept extends the understanding of Indigenous knowledge, to include linkages to other peoples' memory and to landscapes as reservoirs of SEM. An understanding of how people use SEM to respond to disturbances is necessary as biodiversity changes are expected to become more pronounced in the future.
社会生态记忆(SEM)是一种分析性概念,用于考虑人们如何利用生物材料和社会记忆在受到干扰后进行重组。自引入文献以来,很少有案例考虑过它的使用。我们使用民族志方法研究了布比里人受不同真菌病原体入侵的商业作物,这些作物经历了多次干扰恢复周期。我们展示了布比里人如何共同利用社会记忆和生态记忆,遗产和储存库的动态相互作用,以及在真菌疾病的影响下进行重组的移动环节的作用。布比里人的观点表明,保护生物多样性、管理实践以及采用新的物种和品种都至关重要。SEM 概念扩展了对土著知识的理解,将其与其他人的记忆以及作为 SEM 储存库的景观联系起来。了解人们如何利用 SEM 来应对干扰是必要的,因为预计未来生物多样性的变化将更加明显。