When Culture Materializes: Societal Dynamics in Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in the Case of Conch Management on Abaco, The Bahamas
When Culture Materializes: Societal Dynamics in Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in the Case of Conch Management on Abaco, The Bahamas
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10.3390/su11041080
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发表时间：
2019-02-02
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3.9
通讯作者：
Ratter, Beate M. W.
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作者：
Bomhauer-Beins, Lars;de Guttry, Corinna;Ratter, Beate M. W.
复原力的概念通过分析社会与不同层次的自然环境之间的动态，关系和反馈，极大地促进了有关人类互动的科学讨论。在本文中，我们分析了文化和社会动态如何影响这些联系，同时也有可能最终阻碍或促进社会生态生态的韧性。为了做到这一点，我们以自然元素为例，它也是文化偶像：海螺（发音为'konk'）。海岸是海洋软体动物，对巴哈马群岛社会具有巨大的社会和文化价值。在过去的十年中，已经记录了几种海螺股的下降，呼吁采取紧急的可持续管理战略。然而，只有很少的努力正在发生。该案例研究通过引入经常被监督的方面来提供对韧性的创新理解：文化在塑造社会生态弹性中的作用。在此案例研究中，文化的作用被证明是至关重要的，因为文化意义和海螺的嵌入使管理过程具有挑战性。但与此同时，文化可以用作对适应性管理的积极冲动和可持续性的起点。当文化实现时，它不仅会影响社会动态，而且会影响整个社会生态系统的脆弱性和韧性过程。
The concept of resilience has greatly contributed to the scientific discussion on human-nature interactions by analysing the dynamics, relationships and feedbacks between society and the natural environment at different levels. In this paper, we analyse how culture and societal dynamics influence those connections and, at the same time, have the potential to eventually hinder or foster social-ecological resilience. In order to do so, we take the example of a natural element which is also a cultural icon: the Conch (pronounced 'konk'). Conch is a marine mollusc with significant social and cultural value for the islands' society of The Bahamas. In the last decade, a decline in several Conch stocks has been documented, calling for an urgent sustainable management strategy. Nevertheless, only little efforts are happening. This case study offers an innovative understanding of resilience by introducing an aspect which is too often overseen: the role of culture in shaping social-ecological resilience. In this case study, the role of culture proved to be crucial as the cultural significance and embeddedness of Conch has made the management process challenging. But at the same time, culture can be used as a positive impulse towards adaptive management and as a starting point for sustainability. When culture materializes, it affects not only societal dynamics but also the vulnerability and the resilience process of the entire social-ecological system.