Green Encounters

Luis A. Vivanco is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont (1999-present). He received a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Princeton University. He is co-editor of Tarzan was an Ecotourist……and Other Tales in the Anthropology of Adventure (Berghahn Books, 2006). He is a co-editor of Talking About People: Readings in Contemporary Cultural Anthropology (McGraw Hill). His research focuses on the culture and politics of nature conservation, ecotourism, and sustainable development in Costa Rica and Oaxaca, Mexico.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Monte Verde's Agricultural EnvironmentChapter 3. Uneven TerrainChapter 4. Testing the Boundaries of Environmentalism in a Participatory AgeChapter 5. Dismembering San GerardoChapter 6. Contesting "Community" in a Community Conservation ProjectChapter 7. Quetzals and Other(ing) Spectacles of Tropical NatureChapter 8. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

“…a critical and thought-provoking monograph… provides an insightful analysis of how environmentalist discourses shape identities.”  ·  Human Ecology“Vivanco’s well-written work…clearly raises important questions regarding whether or not ecotourism can overcome the ecological and social equity challenges of sutainable development.”  ·  Choice“The work excels at showing how environmental conservation oat Monte Verde is and has been the result of a shifting range of social, political, and economic forces, and it also excels at showing the variety of environmentalisms that can be found there.”  ·   JRAI