Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan

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Chelsea Fisher

Rooting in a Useless Land

Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan

Chelsea Fisher

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University of California Press
03 October 2023

Archaeology; Ethnic studies; Anthropology; Social & cultural anthropology; Conservation of the environment

In Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental-justice conflicts in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. She draws on her innovative archaeological research in Yaxunah, an Indigenous Maya farming community dealing with land dispossession, but with a surprising twist: Yaxunah happens to be entangled with prestigious sustainable-development projects initiated by some of the most famous chefs in the world. Fisher contends that these sustainable-development initiatives inadvertently bolster the useless-land narrative—a colonial belief that Maya forests are empty wastelands—which has been driving Indigenous land dispossession and environmental injustice for centuries. Rooting in a Useless Land explores how archaeology, practiced within communities, can restore history and strengthen relationships built on contested ground.

By: Chelsea Fisher
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520395862
ISBN 10: 0520395867
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Rooting in a Useless Land 1 • The Celebrity Chef Lands in Yaxunah 2 • Murderer of the Woodland 3 • Seeds of Permanence 4 • Taproot to Fibrous Root 5 • Lines in the Forest 6 • The Ghost of Chaipa Chi Appendix A. Time Line of Key Events in the History of the Yaxunah Ejido Appendix B. Comparison of Homesites Documented at Tzacauil Notes Bibliography Index

Chelsea Fisher is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina.