Coastal Heritage and Cultural Resilience

Lisa L. Price is a Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University. She specializes in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. Her research interests are primarily at the interface of human culture, specifically gender, and the food environment, food ways and food security. She has conducted research throughout Asia and Africa and acted as a consultant for numerous international scientific and philanthropic organizations. Nemer E. Narchi is an Assistant Research Professor in the Center for Human Geography Research at El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C. Initially trained as an oceanographer, he is now an anthropologist who has been working in ethnobiology and biocultural conservation for 18 years. Nemer Narchi is vice-president of the Mexican Ethnobiological Association (2018-2020) and co-founder of the Laboratories of Social Oceanography in El Colegio de Michoacán. He is also head of the Marine Research Group for Biocultural Heritage, part of the Mexican Network for Biocultural Heritage (Red Temática sobre Patrimonio Biocultural, CONACyT).Dr. L.M.L. Price Professor of Anthropology & Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon, 97331 U.S.A.   Dr. Nemer E. Narchi Profesor-Investigador Centro de Estudios en Geografía Humana El Colegio de Michoacán Cerro de Nahuatzen 85 La Piedad, Michoacán, México. 59370 Tel (352) 5256107 ext. 2416

1. The Ecology of Desire: Coastal Poetics, Passion, and Environmental Consciousness.- 2. Invisible Landscapes: Perception, Heritage, and Coastal Change in Southern California.- 3. From the Discovery of the Mar del Sur to the Creation of Unlikely Connections Between Panama and the United States.- 4. Lessons of Governance from Traditional Fisheries: the Huaves of San Francisco del Mar Pueblo Viejo, Oaxaca.- 5. A History of Nacre and Pearls in the Gulf of California.- 6. Oysters from Tide to Table in the Pacific Northwest.- 7. The Seri Traditional Food System: Cultural Heritage, Dietary Change, and the (Re)Awakening of Dietary Resilience Among Coastal Hunter-Gatherers in the Mexican Northwest.- 8. Transforming Fisheries in la Costa Chica of Oaxaca: Fishers, Socio-Spatial Organization, and Natural Resources.- 9. Resilient Fishing Families and Communities: Adapting to Change.- 10. Resilient Fishing Families and Communities: Adapting to Change Hidden Faces of the Industries That Make up the Working Waterfront.- 11. Enhancing a Culture of Preparedness for the Next Cascadia Subduction Zone Tsunami.- The Arts as Coastal Cultural Resilience.- Index.- 

"Most comprehensive is a concise, thorough ethnographic documentation of the Seri Indigenous people of Sonora; this is a major contribution. ... This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in adaptation, resilience, and management on the land-water interface." (E. N. Anderson, Choice, Vol. 56 (10), June, 2019)