Participation of Symbolic Beliefs in the Water preservation: case of the Western High Atlas in Morocco

Q4 Social Sciences

Human Evolution Pub Date : 2020-06-02 DOI:10.14673/HE2020121065

A. Ahouach, M. Cherkaoui

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to understand the role of symbolic beliefs related to water in shaping behaviors of individuals in a way that preserve this resource. Therefore, a survey is carried out among 246 resident of the Anougal valley where the population are still retaining a traditional lifestyle. During this investigation, the collected data relate to ethnographic knowledge about water such as proverbs, tales, stories and myths. Data also concern behaviors able to preserve this resource and characteristics of surveyed populations. Overall, four variables summarize the main beliefs related to water in the valley, three variables estimate the behaviors related to water and seven socio-economic and bio-demographic variables were formulated in order to carry out this study. Results show that the proportion of survey respondents with strong symbolic beliefs is still indeed very high at the valley. However, decline of symbolic beliefs noticed is more striking amongst young people, educated people and also large landowners who cultivate a crop aimed to the market essentially. Moreover, our study is highlighting the positive impact of symbolic beliefs on water preservation behavior among this population.

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象征信仰在水保护中的参与:以摩洛哥西部高地图集为例

本研究的目的是了解与水有关的象征性信念在塑造个体行为以保护这一资源方面的作用。因此，对Anougal山谷的246名居民进行了调查，那里的居民仍然保持着传统的生活方式。在这次调查中，收集到的数据涉及到关于水的民族志知识，如谚语、传说、故事和神话。数据还涉及能够保护这种资源的行为和被调查人口的特征。总体而言，为了开展这项研究，制定了4个变量总结了与水有关的主要信念，3个变量估计了与水有关的行为，7个社会经济和生物人口学变量。结果显示，在硅谷，具有强烈象征信仰的受访者比例仍然很高。然而，在年轻人、受过教育的人以及主要以市场为目标种植作物的大地主中，人们注意到象征性信仰的下降更为明显。此外，我们的研究强调了象征信仰对这一人群的水保护行为的积极影响。

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Human Evolution Social Sciences-Anthropology

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