A Reward for Patience and Suffering: Ethnomycology and Commodification of Desert Truffles among Sahr...
A Reward for Patience and Suffering: Ethnomycology and Commodification of Desert Truffles among Sahrawi Refugees and Nomads of Western Sahara
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New York: Springer & The New York Botanical Garden
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English
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New York: Springer & The New York Botanical Garden
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This paper reflects on the role of ethnobiological knowledge and practices for refugees' agency by focusing on the use and commodification of desert truffles among the Sahrawi refugees of Western Sahara. Historically, desert truffles of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania have been an important food and medicinal resource for Saharan nomads. Today, af...
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A Reward for Patience and Suffering: Ethnomycology and Commodification of Desert Truffles among Sahrawi Refugees and Nomads of Western Sahara
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TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_441625
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_441625
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0013-0001
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1874-9364
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10.1007/s12231-013-9234-7
