Lands of the Future
Anthropological Perspectives on Pastoralism, Land Deals and Tropes of Modernity in Eastern Africa
Günther Schlee editor Fana Gebresenbet editor John G Galaty editor Echi Christina Gabbert editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Berghahn Books
Published:15th Jan '21
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Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa, based on long-term field research, that vividly illustrate the struggles and strategies of those who face dispossession and also discredit ideological false modernist tropes like ‘backwardness’ and ‘primitiveness’.
“The chapter case studies significantly expand data on specific locales within Ethiopia where rangeland, river basins, and forests vital to pastoralists are being developed by both Ethiopian and international interests…Recommended.”• Choice
“Explains clearly how changes in pastoral and agro-pastoral land use/lease in East Africa lead to environmental degradation and depletion of resources… a very important book.”• Taddesse Berisso, Addis Ababa University
“The overall volume is highly coherent, well integrated, ethnographically convincing as well as written with technical clarity and sober positioning …no comparable material exists in scope and focus.”• Felix Girke, University of Konstanz
ISBN: 9781789209907
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396 pages