What do you think of fungi? Perceptions by “educated” groups in Honduras and Costa Rica
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| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2015 |
| Descripción: | This study was designed in order to compensate for the poor availability of information about the human-fungi interaction in Central America. We surveyed two “educated” groups of people in higher institutions within urban settings in the capitals of Costa Rica and Honduras to test the hypothesis that fungal knowledge could have an association with cultural aspects. Overall, we found some differences in the perception of fungal utilization and consumption among countries as well as differences in functional knowledge among genders and educational levels independent of their country of origin. Even though most people considered fungi to be beneficial for ecosystem function-related aspects, a majority also considered them dangerous to humans. This study helps us understand that education may impose a level of perceptional homogeneity regarding fungi but social and gender aspects may be responsible for differences across cultural groups. The latter is important for the development of local strategies of non-wood forest product management in a framework of sustainability. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/76850 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://biblioteca.museocostarica.go.cr/articulo.aspx?id=6760&art=3606285 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/76850 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Central America Ethnoliteracy Ethnomycology Non-wood forest products Resource use Centroamérica Etno-alfabetismo Etno-micología Productos forestales no-maderables Uso de recursos 579.507 1 Hongos Eumycophyta (Hongos verdaderos) |