02493nas a2200457   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001300043653001600056653001400072653001700086653002700103653001200130653002200142653002300164653002800187653002900215653003400244653002500278653002900303653002600332653002400358653001400382653001800396653000900414653003200423653002200455653001200477653002800489653001200517653001600529100001300545700002000558700001700578700001800595245011100613856015900724300001200883520109300895020004701988       2022                            d  bElsevier10aChhau dance10acommunity10aConservation10aEcological application10aEcology10aEcosystem ecology10aecosystem services10aEnvironmental geography10aEnvironmental management10aEnvironmental management tool10aenvironmental policy10aEnvironmental protection10aEnvironmental science10aField of archeology10ageography10aHuman habitat10aMask10aNatural resource management10aNatural resources10aPurulia10aSustainable development10aTourism10aWest Bengal1 aR. Ghosh1 aS. Bhattacharya1 aJ. Mukherjee1 aA. Chatterjee00aFolk dance and local ecologies: ethnographic explorations on the Chhau mask makers of Charida, West Bengal  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85138025595&doi=10.1016%2fB978-0-323-91603-5.00011-7&partnerID=40&md5=6407d6a6be0e4ca5eb95c2dd266e3b72  a353-3803 aMultiple forms of folk traditions in India demonstrate how nature, culture, and livelihoods are deeply intertwined with each other, blurring concrete boundaries that separate material from nonmaterial benefits and tangible from intangible heritage. Shedding light on the Chhau dancing community and mask makers of Charida—the renowned Chhau mask village of West Bengal, we explore how nature-culture interactions and their dynamic relationship have shaped the use of local ecologies in mask production and probe into the involvement of actors and networks that shape the Chhau dance form. By deeply engrossing into ethnographic realms of the field and embracing a wide range of methods from focus group discussions, key informant interviews, participatory rural appraisal, and participatory appraisal of natural resources, transect walk and oral history, we unwrap nonlinearities influencing nature-culture-livelihood interface and lay out the larger rationale behind the significance of place-based narratives to apprise overarching theories and frameworks on ecological sustainability  a9780323916035 (ISBN); 9780323916042 (ISBN)