ANTHROP 2F03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ankarana Reserve, Human Impact On The Environment, Natural Resource
28 Nov 2016
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Chapter 1 small village 5 km from ankarana massif. Speaking with visitor and both showed each other maps. Dadilahy said it was because they did not have places like his where they are from. Foreigners think different from locals - they share an interest in learning. Maps represent regions but not from local origins. Place a map cannot describe - a sacred place. Must be protected because it is the centre of ecosystems. Not everyone considered antankarana - people of the place of the rocks. Very first residents -> affiliations that mattered were connected to them by descendents and marriage. 17th century - region wide affiliation appeared when population united to support a royal family. Royal family = rulers, system = kingdom. Kingdom history -> always indicate where they take place. Stories never talk about landscape as a distant past but as an immediate landscape. Antankarana ceremony -> entry into the caves. 3 days - everyone brought rice, cattle, etc.
