Wild Sardinia: Indigeneity and the Global Dreamtimes of Environmentalism

**Winner of the 2010 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, presented by the American Anthropological Association**

Shared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous peoples against the state and international environmental organizations, eroding local autonomy while “saving” rural land for animals and tourists. Wild Sardinia’s examination of ...