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Author: Robert K. Hitchcock
Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788790730901
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe data and conclusions presented in this volume were drawn from a series of research and consultancy projects carried out in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Author: Robert K. Hitchcock
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 114
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Author: Maano Ramutsindela
Publisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
Published: 2016-09-12
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 3905758776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together recent and ongoing empirical studies to examine two relational kinds of politics, namely, the politics of nature, i.e. how nature conservation projects are sites on which power relations play out, and the politics of the scientific study of nature. These are discussed in their historical and present contexts, and at specific sites on which particular human-environment relations are forged or contested. This spatio-temporal juxtaposition is lacking in current research on political ecology while the politics of science appears marginal to critical scholarship on social nature. Specifically, the book examines power relations in nature-related activities, demonstrates conditions under which nature and science are politicised, and also accounts for political interests and struggles over nature in its various forms. The ecological, socio-political and economic dimensions of nature cannot be ignored when dealing with present-day environmental issues. Nature conservation regulations are concerned with the management of flora and fauna as much as with humans. Various chapters in the book pay attention to the ways in which nature, science and politics are interrelated and also co-constitutive of each other. They highlight that power relations are naturalised through science and science-related institutions and projects such as museums, botanical gardens, wetlands, parks and nature reserves.
Author: Heidi Knecht
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 1489918515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArtifacts linked to projectile technologies traditionally have provided the foundations for time-space systematics and cultural-historic frameworks in archaeological research having to do with foragers. With the shift in archae ological research objectives to processual interpretations, projectile technolo gies continue to receive marked attention, but with an emphasis on the implications of variability in such areas as design, function, and material as they relate to the broader questions of human adaptation. The reason that this particular domain of foraging technology persists as an important focus of research, I think, comes in three parts. A projectile technology was a crucial part of most foragers' strategies for survival, it was functionally spe cific, and it generally was fabricated from durable materials likely to be detected archaeologically. Being fundamental to meat acquisition and the principal source of calo ries, projectile technologies were typically afforded greater time-investment, formal modification, and elaboration of attributes than others. Moreover, such technologies tend to display greater standardization because of con straints on size, morphology, and weight that are inherent to the delivery system. The elaboration of attributes and standardization of form gives pro jectile technologies time-and space-sensitivity that is greater than most other foraging technologies. And such sensitivity is immensely valuable in archae ological research.
Author: H. W. O. Okoth-Ogendo
Publisher: Acts Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fred Nelson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-08-12
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 113654173X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNatural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities. The institutional arrangements that define natural resource governance are outcomes of political processes, whereby numerous groups with often-divergent interests negotiate for access to and control over resources. These political processes determine the outcomes of resource governance reform efforts, such as widespread attempts to decentralize or devolve greater tenure over land and resources to local communities. This volume examines the political dynamics of natural resource governance processes through a range of comparative case studies across east and southern Africa. These cases include both local and national settings, and examine issues such as land rights, tourism development, wildlife conservation, participatory forest management, and the impacts of climate change, and are drawn from both academics and field practitioners working across the region. Published with IUCN, The Bradley Fund for the Environment, SASUSG and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author: Jacklyn Cock
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines South Africa's environmental problems and shows how communities are rallying to the defense of the environment. Topics covered include land degradation, water pollution, urban ghettoes, and the industrial environment. In evaluating South Africa as a microcosm of First and Third World environmental problems, this book shows how the apartheid system has contributed to environmental damage, and offers possible solutions.
Author: Bram Büscher
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2013-04-29
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 0822399083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational peace parks—transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries—have become a popular way of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development. In Transforming the Frontier, Bram Büscher shows how cross-border conservation neatly reflects the neoliberal political economy in which it developed. Based on extensive research in southern Africa with the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project, Büscher explains how the successful promotion of transfrontier conservation as a "win-win" solution happens not only in spite of troubling contradictions and problems, but indeed because of them. This is what he refers to as the "politics of neoliberal conservation," which receives its strength from effectively combining strategies of consensus, antipolitics, and marketing. Drawing on long-term, multilevel ethnographic research, Büscher argues that transfrontier conservation projects are not as concerned with on-the-ground development as they are purported to be. Instead, they are reframing environmental protection and sustainable development to fit an increasingly contradictory world order.
Author: Megan Biesele
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul S. Landau
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2002-10-28
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780520229495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. It assembles a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits.
