Environmental Cowboys: Renegotiating Community and Economic Prosperity in Rural Sarasota County through Local Knowledge and Environmental Stewardship
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2014-12-16
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MA in Cultural Sustainability
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Abstract
This Capstone looks at ways to put the knowledge and values of the rural
community into the decision making process of future land development in Sarasota,
Florida. This Capstone was designed as an ethnographic study of the regional culture of
Sarasota cattle ranching families to better understand concepts of stewardship and
indigenous land knowledge and how these concepts are a reflection of the values within
this community. Particular attention was given to understanding historic land use and
concepts of environmental stewardship and why these concepts are important to consider
in future land use and development. The goal of this Capstone was to produce a white
paper that would share the exploration of these issues with the direct intent to influence
local development policy.