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Titre Aspects écologiques d'un espace social restreint en Asie du Sud-Est [Les Mnong Gar et leur environnement]
Auteur Georges Condominas
Mir@bel Revue Etudes rurales
Numéro no 89, 1983
Rubrique / Thématique
L'Asie du Sud-Est entre la Chine et l'Inde. Agriculture et pouvoirs
Page 11-76
Résumé anglais Ecology of a Limited Social Space. The Mnong Gar of Vietnam and their Environment. The author describes the relation of Proto-Indochinese swidden cultivators in Vietnam with their environment. He deals first with the main characteristics of non-biotic and biotic environment, tools and technologies, organization of manpower and ritual aspects of production. Then he points out more general statements about swidden's place in the agricultural ecology of Southeast asian savanna regions. He ends with conclusions about the economical and symbolic functions of rice, staple food «par excellence» in Southeast Asia.
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