{"product_id":"rooting-in-a-useless-land-ancient-farmers-celebrity-chefs-and-environmental-justice-in-yucatan-0520395875","title":"Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0520395875\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fisher, Chelsea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental-justice conflicts in Mexico's Yucat?n 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52166561792288,"sku":"NEW0520395875","price":34.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81Ezuwd4E3L.jpg?v=1786305744","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/rooting-in-a-useless-land-ancient-farmers-celebrity-chefs-and-environmental-justice-in-yucatan-0520395875","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}