Evaluation of Traditional Culture in Kaş-Kekova Specially Protected Area in terms of Culture-Environment Relations / Kaş-Kekova Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgesindeki Geleneksel Kültürün Kültür-Çevre İlişkileri Açısından Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

In this study, the traditional culture in Kaş-Kekova Specially Protected Area will be opened to discuss for the impact on the environmental problems caused by human activities and the contribution to the solution of these problems. The Specially Protected Area (SEPA) is a conservation status and Kaş-Kekova has acquired this status due to its characteristics such as rich biodiversityand, cultural heritage, underwater treasures. However, Kaş-Kekova SEPA is threatened mostly due to human activities. In 2015, a fieldwork focusing on culture-environment relations was conducted in the region in order to identify the problem correctly and to find solutions. In the fieldwork observation, in-depth interviewing and visualization techniques were used. Although an ecological anthropology approach which explores the interrelation of human with natural environment has been adopted in the study, due to the global world economy system prevails all over the world nowadays, evaluations have been made with a broader scale and a political attitude. Thus, the results of this study which is done with an approachment can be called as new ecological anthropological showed that the problems are not caused by traditional culture. Moreover, if this culture is continued, the pressure on Kaş-Kekova SEPA will also decrease.

Keywords

• : Kaş-Kekova SEPA
• ecological anthropology
• culture
• environment