Chiloé

Table of Contents (DRAFT, May 2016)Preface1) Introduction-history of Chiloé, salmon crisis of 2007, red tide crisis of 2016, unique attributes, ethnobiology overview (Ana Pitchon and Anton Daughters)
2) Subsistence fishing (Ricardo Alvarez)
3) Salmon farming-history of salmon farming on archipelago, cycles of boom and bust, environmental impact, social impact [more on the 2016 crisis here] (Ana Pitchon and Anton Daughters)
4) Shellfish cultivation (maybe David Tecklin)
5) Marine conservation or coastal wetlands (David Tecklin)
6) Traditional farming (Richard Vercoe)

8) Chicha production and the maja de manzana (Anton Daughters)
9) Ethnographic case study of ethnobiology of a rural community (Giovanna Bacchiddu)
10) General ethnobotany of Chiloé (Giovanna Bacchiddu or Anton Daughters)-unique plants and animals, herbal remedies and local beliefs, connection to lore, local mythology, etc.
11) Conclusion (Ana Pitchon and Anton Daughters)Index
List of Contributors (As of May, 2016)Ana Pitchon: San Jose State University, Department of AnthropologyAnton Daughters: Truman State University, Department of Society & EnvironmentRichard Vercoe: University of Georgia, Department of GeographyDavid Tecklin: Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.
About the Author:

Anton Daughters is an assistant professor of anthropology at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. His field research in Chiloé focuses on the cultural changes that have accompanied economic shifts in the region over the past forty years. He received a BA in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico, a PhD from the University of Arizona, and a two-year Mellon Fellowship at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He has published in Anthropology Now, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Kiva, and Journal of the Southwest, and is a co-editor of Moquis and Kastiilam: Hopis, Spaniards, and the Trauma of History, a two-volume documentary history of the Hopi published by University of Arizona Press.

Ana Pitchon is a researcher with the firm INSITUM Consulting. A former associate professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills and assistant professor at San Jose State University, she received a BA in Anthropology and Spanish from Colby College and a PhD in Ecological Anthropology from the University of Georgia. She has conducted research on fisheries and coastal communities in multiple countries, with a focus on social-ecological resilience. She has published in Human Organization, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Research, CalCOFI Reports and Urban Coast.