@article{1481213,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Patzel, Nikola, and Grunwald, Sabine, and Brevik, Eric C.,  and Feller, Christian,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481213},
      title = {Cultural understanding of soils : the importance of  cultural diversity and of the inner world /},
      abstract = {Cultural understandings of soil are diverse and often  ambiguous. Cultural framing of soils is common worldwide  and is highly consequential. The implications of what place  the earth has in people's world view and everyday life can  be in line or in conflict with natural conditions,  scientific views, or agricultural practices. The main  assumption underlying this work is that soil is inescapably  perceived in a cultural context by any human. This gives  emergence to different significant webs of meaning  influenced by religious, spiritual, or secular myths, and  by a wide range of beliefs, values and ideas that people  hold in all societies. These patterns and their dynamics  inform the human-soil relationship and how soils are cared  for, protected, or degraded. Therefore, there is need to  deal inter-culturally with different sources and types of  knowledge and experience regarding soil; a need to  cultivate soil awareness and situationally appropriate care  through inter- and intra-cultural dialogues and learning.  This project focuses on the human and intangible dimensions  of soil. To serve this aim, the International Union of Soil  Sciences (IUSS) founded a working group on Cultural  Patterns of Soil Understanding that has resulted in this  book, which presents studies from almost all continents,  written by soil scientists and experts from other  disciplines. A major objective of this project is to  promote intercultural literacy that gives readers the  opportunity to appreciate soil across disciplinary and  cultural boundaries in an increasingly globalized world. .  .},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13169-1},
      recid = {1481213},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 548) :},
}