relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1909/
title: The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sense of Place: The Neighbourhood - owned Commons in Pontevedra, Galicia
creator: Cooper M., Daniela
description: A 23% of the Galician territory are “Neighbourhood – owned commons”, a collective ownership which the neighbourhood membership is the only requirement to use natural resources. In the past they played an essential role in the peasant’s economy, today his uses have changed. The main objective of this thesis is to analyse the Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sense of Place among the members of the active communities of Pontevedra to determine the function they serve in giving continuity to the commons. The findings indicated that there is an interrelationship between TEK and SOP. Both concepts have played a role in providing continuity to the maintenance of the commons. TEK is related to the natural resource management and generationally transmitted knowledge that especially focusses on the benefits obtained in the collective ownership. Regarding the SOP’s role, commons are meaningful because the communities have a bond and experienced emotions in that place.
date: 2018
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1909/1/Final_Thesis_DCooper_S3281345.pdf
identifier:   Cooper M., Daniela  (2018) The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sense of Place: The Neighbourhood - owned Commons in Pontevedra, Galicia.  Master thesis.