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William Balée (born 1954) is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology before moving on to Columbia University in New York City where he earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology (1984). Balée was appointed research fellow in 1984 by the New York Botanical Garden, collecting plants for an ethnobotany project sponsored by a . Later he took up a research position with the in Belém, Brazil.
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| dbo:abstract | William Balée (born 1954) is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology before moving on to Columbia University in New York City where he earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology (1984). Balée was appointed research fellow in 1984 by the New York Botanical Garden, collecting plants for an ethnobotany project sponsored by a . Later he took up a research position with the in Belém, Brazil. His primary ethnographic work was with the Ka'apor indigenous culture of Maranhão, Brazil (Balée 1994). During his time in Brazil, however, he also carried out fieldwork with the Tembé, the of the Xingu River, the Araweté of the , which is also a tributary of the Xingu, and the Guajá. However, he is most renowned as a proponent and foremost expert of historical ecology (Balée 1998). Balée has proposed four interdependent postulates, which set historical ecology apart from other more traditional research programs. Basically summarized, these postulates are: (1) Humans have affected nearly all environments on Earth; (2) Humans do not have an innate propensity to decrease biotic and landscape diversity or to increase it; (3) Various types of societies impact their landscapes in dissimilar ways; (4) Human interactions with landscapes can be comprehended holistically. Historical ecologists study the interaction between the human and natural worlds and the subsequent human responses to environmental influences. Humans often respond to these environmental stimuli by altering their landscapes, but maintaining their culture and practices. Due to the constant human adaptation of the environment, it is increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to behold an environment anywhere on the planet that is untouched. These human-created modifications are known as human-mediated disturbances, and are studied to learn of humans’ role in the history of the land. The second and third postulates emphasize the fact that humanity is not homogeneous, and therefore, our impacts will not be either. Humans have been known to both increase and decrease the biodiversity of landscapes throughout time. Broadcast fires, for example, can often create niches for new species in the landscape, while simple deforestation can drastically decrease the biodiversity. Human impacts on the landscape are as varied as the languages, political systems, and societies present in the world. Finally, people and the landscape can be studied holistically because the landscape incorporates both people and the environment. The landscape is visual evidence of the interaction of culture and the environment. Currently he is working on issues of applied historical ecology. Dr. Balée has won the Mary W. Klinger Book Award from the Society for Economic Botany for two of his books, in 1996 (Footprints of the Forest) and 2014 (Cultural Forests of the Amazon). He was appointed Officer of the Order of the Golden Ark, a Dutch conservation merit order, by Prince Bernhard in 1993. In 2016 he received the President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching from Tulane University. He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow. (en) William Balée (Fort Lauderdale, 1954) é professor de antropologia e na Universidade de Tulane em Nova Orleães, Luisiana. Graduado em antropologia pela Universidade da Flórida (1975), em Gainesville, obteve o título de mestre (1979) e doutor (1980) em antropologia pela Universidade Columbia, em Nova Iorque, com suas pesquisas direcionadas para a teoria antropológica e a etnologia indígena brasileira entre os Urubu-Kaapor Após a obtenção do título de doutor, Balée continuou seus trabalhos entre os Urubu-Kaapor, através do Jardim Botânico de Nova Iorque, entre 1984 e 1988, coletando plantas para um projeto de etnobotânica financiada pela . Posteriormente, entre 1988 e 1991, seus trabalhos etnobotânicos prosseguiram através do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Com esses dois últimos projetos, ele obteve o título de Pós-Doutor.Além dos Urubu-Kaapor, Balée prossegue com seus trabalhos na amazônia brasileira e boliviana, entre outros grupos indígenas como o os Tembés, Asurini do Xingu e Araweté, no Pará, os Guajás no Maranhão e os na Bolívia, todos falantes da família língüística Tupi-Guarani. No entanto, seus trabalhos tiveram um grande impacto dentro dos estudos da Ecologia histórica, o qual ele pode contribuir com os aspectos teóricos e dados relativos à adaptação dos ameríndios na amazônia. (pt) William Balée, född 1954 i Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, är en amerikansk antropolog på i New Orleans i USA. William Balée studerade antropologi på University of Florida, Gainesville med en kandidatexamen 1975 och på Columbia University i New York med magisterexamen 1979 samt 1980. Han disputerade i antropologi på Columbia University 1984. Han arbetade därefter som forskare på New York Botanical Garden 1984–1988 med insamling av växter inom ett etnobotanikprojekt, och därefter på i Belém i Brasilien 1988–1991. Hans främsta fältarbete avsåg ka'aporfolkets kultur i delstaten Maranhão i Brasilien. Under sin tid i Brasilien arbetade han också med tembé-, assurini-, araweté- och awàfolken. Han har specialiserat sig på ämnesområdet . (sv) |
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| rdfs:comment | William Balée (born 1954) is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and educated at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he received a B.A. in Anthropology before moving on to Columbia University in New York City where he earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology (1984). Balée was appointed research fellow in 1984 by the New York Botanical Garden, collecting plants for an ethnobotany project sponsored by a . Later he took up a research position with the in Belém, Brazil. (en) William Balée (Fort Lauderdale, 1954) é professor de antropologia e na Universidade de Tulane em Nova Orleães, Luisiana. Graduado em antropologia pela Universidade da Flórida (1975), em Gainesville, obteve o título de mestre (1979) e doutor (1980) em antropologia pela Universidade Columbia, em Nova Iorque, com suas pesquisas direcionadas para a teoria antropológica e a etnologia indígena brasileira entre os Urubu-Kaapor (pt) William Balée, född 1954 i Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, är en amerikansk antropolog på i New Orleans i USA. William Balée studerade antropologi på University of Florida, Gainesville med en kandidatexamen 1975 och på Columbia University i New York med magisterexamen 1979 samt 1980. Han disputerade i antropologi på Columbia University 1984. Han arbetade därefter som forskare på New York Botanical Garden 1984–1988 med insamling av växter inom ett etnobotanikprojekt, och därefter på i Belém i Brasilien 1988–1991. Han har specialiserat sig på ämnesområdet . (sv) |
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