Institut für Ethnologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538, Munich, Germany.
Ambio. 2022 Dec;51(12):2389-2400. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01767-3. Epub 2022 Aug 27.
This article deals with the local conceptualisation of 'conservation' in the village Siviri in Vanuatu where villagers have established and maintain a small marine conservation area. Looking at villagers' motivations, the aim is to carve out the local conceptualisation and practice of 'conservation', to show what conservation is for the villagers. The theoretical framework is a combination of two approaches, namely 'assemblage' and 'world-making'. Conservation in Siviri is ontologically different from the concept of conservation used in Vanuatu national policy. It can be regarded as a creative engagement of villagers with their environment(s) to preserve the specific world-making assemblage consisting of humans and marine life for future generations.
本文探讨了瓦努阿图西维里村（Siviri）中“保护”的地方概念化，村民们在那里建立并维护了一个小型海洋保护区。通过观察村民们的动机，本文旨在勾勒出“保护”的地方概念化和实践，展示保护对村民的意义。理论框架是两种方法的结合，即“组合”和“世界构建”。西维里的保护在本体论上与瓦努阿图国家政策中使用的保护概念不同。它可以被视为村民与环境的创造性互动，以保护由人类和海洋生物组成的特定世界构建组合，为子孙后代保留。
