Cultural Factors in the Survival of Stingless Bee Domestication (Meliponiculture) among the Yucatec Maya
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Recent economic and environmental changes have severely threatened the ancient practice of Maya stingless beekeeping (meliponiculture). My research in southern Mexico and northern Belize examines the factors that influence the resilience of Yucatec Maya stingless beekeeping where it still exists. The circumstances that surround the survival of this tradition involve a reliance on traditional Maya medical theory and reflect an overarching pattern of conflict and resistance that exists between indigenous subsistence and western capitalistic economies. Understanding the cultural context of stingless bee honey is critical for examining the implications of commercialization. Of special interest are the changing gender roles involved in meliponiculture.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | June 2014 |
Creators/Contributors
| Primary advisor | Fox, James A. |
|---|---|
| Advisor | Bird, Douglas |
| Advisor | Durham, William |
| Degree granting institution | Department of Anthropology, Stanford University |
| Sponsor | Franz Boas Grant |
| Sponsor | Beagle II Award |
Subjects
| Subject | anthropology |
|---|---|
| Subject | stanford |
| Subject | stingless |
| Subject | bees |
| Subject | beekeeping |
| Subject | melipona beecheii |
| Subject | maya |
| Subject | meliponiculture |
| Subject | gender |
| Subject | medicine |
| Subject | conservation |
| Subject | yucatan |
| Subject | mexico |
| Subject | belize |
| Subject | indigenous |
| Subject | corn |
| Subject | subsistence |
| Genre | Thesis |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- User agrees that, where applicable, content will not be used to identify or to otherwise infringe the privacy or confidentiality rights of individuals. Content distributed via the Stanford Digital Repository may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor.
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-ND).
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
- Dezso, Genevieve (2014). Cultural Factors in the Survival of Stingless Bee Domestication (Meliponiculture) among the Yucatec Maya. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/dm335yc4945
Collection
Undergraduate Research Papers, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University.
View other items in this collection in SearchWorksContact information
- Contact
- sarcadivina@gmail.com
Also listed in
Loading usage metrics...