Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture

Fernando Vidal is ICREA Research Professor (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) at the Center for the History of Science of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Nélia Dias is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Portugal.

Introduction: The Endangerment Sensibility Part 1: Affects and Values 1. "Languages Die Like Rivers:" Entangled Endangerments in the Colorado Delta 2. Extinction, Diversity, and Endangerment 3. Anthropological Data in Danger, c. 1941-1965Rebecca Lemov Part 2: Situated Politics 4. Conserving the Future: UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as Laboratories for Sustainable Development 5. Indigenous Evanescence and Salvage in the Conquest of Araucanía, 1850-1930 6. Tropical Forests in Brazilian Political Culture: From Economic Hindrance to Ecological Treasure Part 3 Technologies of Preservation 7. Endangered Birds and Epistemic Concerns: The California Condor 8. World Heritage Listing and the Globalization of the Endangerment Sensibility 9. Planning for the Past: Cryopreservation at the Farm, Zoo, and Museum Coda Who is the "We" Endangered by Climate Change?