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Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous

2011-04-21 History
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Release : 2011-04-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous by : Dorothy L. Hodgson

Download or read book Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous written by Dorothy L. Hodgson. This book was released on 2011-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens to marginalized groups from Africa when they ally with the indigenous peoples' movement? Who claims to be indigenous and why? Dorothy L. Hodgson explores how indigenous identity, both in concept and in practice, plays out in the context of economic liberalization, transnational capitalism, state restructuring, and political democratization. Hodgson brings her long experience with Maasai to her understanding of the shifting contours of their contemporary struggles for recognition, representation, rights, and resources. Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous is a deep and sensitive reflection on the possibilities and limits of transnational advocacy and the dilemmas of political action, civil society, and change in Maasai communities.

Becoming Indigenous in Africa

2004 Barabaig (African people)
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Release : 2004
Genre : Barabaig (African people)
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Book Synopsis Becoming Indigenous in Africa by : Jim Igoe

Download or read book Becoming Indigenous in Africa written by Jim Igoe. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Being Maasai

1993-04-01 History
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Release : 1993-04-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Being Maasai by : Thomas Spear

Download or read book Being Maasai written by Thomas Spear. This book was released on 1993-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone “knows” the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have “become” something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.

Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs

2018-10-11 Social Science
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Release : 2018-10-11
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs by : Michael Bollig

Download or read book Resilience and Collapse in African Savannahs written by Michael Bollig. This book was released on 2018-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the causes and consequences of environmental change in East Africa, asking whether local African communities are sufficiently resilient to cope with the ecological and social challenges that confront them. It focuses on the savannahs of the Baringo-Bogoria basin, and the surrounding highlands of Kenya’s northern Rift Valley that form the social-ecological system of the specialised cattle pastoralists and niche agricultural farmers who occupy these semi-arid lands. Historical studies of resilience spanning the past two centuries are linked with analysis of current environmental challenges, and the ecological, social, economic and political responses mounted by local communities. The authors question whether the most recent challenges confronting the peoples of eastern Africa’s savannahs – intensified conflicts, mounting poverty driven by demographic pressures, and dramatic ecological changes brought by invasive species – might soon led to a collapse in essential elements of the specialised cattle pastoralism that dominates the region, requiring a re-orientation of the social-ecological system. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies.

Indigenous Heritage

2021-07-21 Business & Economics
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Release : 2021-07-21
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Indigenous Heritage by : Michelle Whitford

Download or read book Indigenous Heritage written by Michelle Whitford. This book was released on 2021-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History shows that travellers sought to experience the unfamiliar and exotic cultures and traditions of Indigenous peoples, with early examples of Indigenous tourism in the United States, Canada, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and countries throughout Asia and Latin America. Similarly, contemporary travellers demonstrate a desire to seek out opportunities to experience Indigenous peoples and their cultures. Thus, we are witnessing worldwide growth in the awareness of, and interest in, Indigenous cultures, traditions, histories and knowledges. Engagement in the tourism sector is regularly advocated for Indigenous peoples because of the socio-economic opportunities it provides; however, there are a range of cultural benefits including the maintenance, rejuvenation and/or preservation of Indigenous cultures, knowledges and traditions for Indigenous peoples who choose tourism as a vehicle to showcase their cultures. Consequently, tourism is regularly acknowledged as a means for facilitating the sustainability of tangible and intangible Indigenous cultural heritage including languages, stories, art, dance, rituals and customs. Importantly, however, the history of Indigenous peoples’ engagement in tourism has provided a range of examples of the threats to Indigenous culture that can accrue as a result of tourism (i.e., cultural degradation, commercialisation and commodification, authenticity and identity, among others). This book presents an exploration of the intersection between tourism and Indigenous culture. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Heritage Tourism.

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