Children's traditional ecological knowledge of wild food resources: a case study in a rural village in Northeast Thailand.

ABSTRACT: Consuming wild foods is part of the food ways of people in many societies, including farming populations throughout the world. Knowledge of non-domesticated food resources is part of traditional and tacit ecological knowledge, and is largely transmitted through socialization within cultural and household contexts. The context of this study, a small village in Northeast Thailand, is one where the community has experienced changes due to the migration of the parental generation, with the children being left behind in the village to be raised by their grandparents. A case study approach was used in order to gain holistic in-depth insight into children's traditional ecological knowledge as well as patterns of how children acquire their knowledge regarding wild food resources. Techniques used d

SUBMITTER: Setalaphruk C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2100045 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature