"We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"

Profound socioeconomic changes affected mountains of Central Italy during the last century and many traditional agro-pastoral activities were abandoned. A few ethnobotanical studies in this area have specifically documented local wild plants used decades ago, but without analyzing in-depth how and w...

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Autores: Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007, Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723, Corvo, Paolo, Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Abruzzo, Latium, and Molise National Park
Apennines
Inner areas
Sacred natural sites
Traditional ecological knowledge
Wild food and medicinal plants
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spelling "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"Ethnobotany of Remote Mountain Villages of Abruzzo and Molise, Central ItalyMattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723Corvo, PaoloPieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380Abruzzo, Latium, and Molise National ParkApenninesInner areasSacred natural sitesTraditional ecological knowledgeWild food and medicinal plantsProfound socioeconomic changes affected mountains of Central Italy during the last century and many traditional agro-pastoral activities were abandoned. A few ethnobotanical studies in this area have specifically documented local wild plants used decades ago, but without analyzing in-depth how and why Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) has eroded or changed over time. In this study, we 1) document ethnobotanical uses of four high-altitude remote villages of Central Italy, 2) discuss how these uses have changed over time, comparing them with fieldwork that was conducted 40 years earlier; and 3) assess how plant uses have changed across space, particularly whether the remoteness of villages or the occurrence of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) have affected TEK linked to wild plants. Sixty semi-structured interviews revealed the use of 83 taxa belonging to 35 families. We did not find any relationship between SNS and the richness of TEK, as these SNS were not inhabited by monastic communities that could have shared their scholarly knowledge. There was not a relationship between remoteness and richness of TEK. The common statement emerging from the field, "We became rich and lost everything", revealed how socio-economic changes resulted in the rapid abandonment of traditional practices, while the ubiquity of pharmacies may have contributed to the erosion of ethnomedicinal knowledge. 22021-01-0120212021-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/299116https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10745-020-00209-6reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2991162026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
Ethnobotany of Remote Mountain Villages of Abruzzo and Molise, Central Italy
title "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
spellingShingle "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Abruzzo, Latium, and Molise National Park
Apennines
Inner areas
Sacred natural sites
Traditional ecological knowledge
Wild food and medicinal plants
title_short "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
title_full "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
title_fullStr "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
title_full_unstemmed "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
title_sort "We Became Rich and We Lost Everything"
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
Corvo, Paolo
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
author Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
author_facet Mattalia, Giulia|||0000-0002-1947-7007
Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
Corvo, Paolo
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
author_role author
author2 Sõukand, Renata|||0000-0002-0413-8723
Corvo, Paolo
Pieroni, Andrea|||0000-0002-2302-6380
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author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Abruzzo, Latium, and Molise National Park
Apennines
Inner areas
Sacred natural sites
Traditional ecological knowledge
Wild food and medicinal plants
topic Abruzzo, Latium, and Molise National Park
Apennines
Inner areas
Sacred natural sites
Traditional ecological knowledge
Wild food and medicinal plants
description Profound socioeconomic changes affected mountains of Central Italy during the last century and many traditional agro-pastoral activities were abandoned. A few ethnobotanical studies in this area have specifically documented local wild plants used decades ago, but without analyzing in-depth how and why Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) has eroded or changed over time. In this study, we 1) document ethnobotanical uses of four high-altitude remote villages of Central Italy, 2) discuss how these uses have changed over time, comparing them with fieldwork that was conducted 40 years earlier; and 3) assess how plant uses have changed across space, particularly whether the remoteness of villages or the occurrence of Sacred Natural Sites (SNS) have affected TEK linked to wild plants. Sixty semi-structured interviews revealed the use of 83 taxa belonging to 35 families. We did not find any relationship between SNS and the richness of TEK, as these SNS were not inhabited by monastic communities that could have shared their scholarly knowledge. There was not a relationship between remoteness and richness of TEK. The common statement emerging from the field, "We became rich and lost everything", revealed how socio-economic changes resulted in the rapid abandonment of traditional practices, while the ubiquity of pharmacies may have contributed to the erosion of ethnomedicinal knowledge.
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