The dimensionality of human-free roaming horse interactions in Alberta ...

Approximately 12 000 years ago wild horses were a natural part of the North American ecosystem. Contemporary DNA evidence suggests that horses (Equus lambei) spread from North America to populate all other areas of the world. Domestic horses (Equus caballus) were reintroduced to North America during...

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Main Author: Kincaid, Adela Tesarek
Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Arts 2015
Subjects:
Geography
Forestry and Wildlife
Environmental Sciences
free roaming horses
animal-human interactions
human-wildlife interactions
human dimensions of wildlife
wildlife management
TEK
local knowledge
wicked problems
Qualitative Research
Situational Analysis
transdisciplinary
arenas and worlds
Postmodernism
Metis
Indigenous
Canada
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/28065
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/11023/2097
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Summary:Approximately 12 000 years ago wild horses were a natural part of the North American ecosystem. Contemporary DNA evidence suggests that horses (Equus lambei) spread from North America to populate all other areas of the world. Domestic horses (Equus caballus) were reintroduced to North America during colonization; through escape or release, they established themselves once again on the landscape and currently inhabit areas of the western USA and Canada. The overarching goal of the research is to describe the perspectives and discourses of multiple and collective actors toward FRH in the research area and to demonstrate the necessity of broadening the basis of decision making in policy related to FRH. I used qualitative research approaches including semi-structured interviews that focused on 24 respondents. I documented perspectives of local people who share the land with FRH as well as those with multi generational knowledge. Mainly, I relied on transdisciplinarity and situational analysis (also referred to ...

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