Search results for "Social Anthropology"
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Commercialization of smallholder farming: determinants andwelfare outcomes : a cross-sectional study in Enderta district, Tigrai, Ethiopia
2009
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009 Transforming the subsistence-oriented production system into a market-oriented production system as a way to increasing the smallholder farmer’s income and thus its welfare outcomes, and reducing rural poverty, has been in the policy spotlight of many developing countries, including Ethiopia, for some time now. However, there are no adequate studies in Tigrai focusing on the level of market integration of the smallholder farmers and whether the market participants are better-off in welfare outcomes. This study, thus, focused on identifying the micro-level factors determining market participation, the level of commercializati…
Transition from subsistence to monetary economy- a counterdiscourse to mainstream development strategies : case study from Samburu distict, Kenya
2009
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009 The present thesis is a case study with aim of performing an investigation of the process unfolding from the subsistence to a monetary economy. It is juxtaposed to counter mainstream development strategies amongst the Samburu people in Samburu District, Kenya. The objective has been trying to analyze the perceptions, ideas, transition- stages and patterns amongst the Samburu people as well as the reveal negative consequences that can occur from implementation of development and modernization strategies. The Samburu people are classified as an indigenous population (IPACC 2007). Indigenous people around the world have often o…
Doing and undoing child marriage in Nepal : an exploratory study using institutional ethnography
2016
Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 Child marriage is a practice that occurs across regions, cultures and religions. Every year approximately 15 million girls under the age of eighteen get married. The practice often has serious impacts on the lives of the girls themselves, and child marriage threatens the progress in six out of eight development goals related to education, health, poverty and gender equality. The main drivers have been identified as tradition, poverty, gender norms, security and weak law enforcement, but despite available research a lot more remains to be understood about child marriage. The thesis does not theorise about why it happens, but exp…
Refugees in exodus: Statelessness and identity : a case study of Rohingya refugees in Aceh, Indonesia
2016
Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 Stateless people are extremely vulnerable, and the risk of exploitation is high. The Rohingya are a severely oppressed minority in Myanmar, within a system that does not protect them but rather abuse the power to mistreat the vulnerable. As soon as international borders are crossed, they reach another level of vulnerability where anyone can exploit them, as they are stateless, paperless, and without protection from any legal system. The Rohingya are considered illegal immigrants and their religion and ethnicity has branded them as threats to the society, security and well-being of Myanmar’s majority. Additionally, refugees and …
Perceived minerality in Sauvignon wines: influence of culture and perception mode
2015
Abstract Description of wine in terms of perceived mineral character has become common practice in recent decades. The major aim of our study was to investigate cultural differences in perception of minerality in wines from France and New Zealand, these countries having very different wine-production histories. A second aim was to investigate influence of perception mode on perceived mineral character in wine to gain increased understanding of the metaphorical descriptor “mineral” as applied to wine chemosensory attributes. Thirty-two French and 31 New Zealand wine professionals evaluated 16 wines (8 French; 8 New Zealand) under three conditions: orthonasal olfaction; global (orthonasal and…
« Littératures et formes de vie »
2011
International audience; Les études littéraires entretiennent avec les sciences sociales des relations qu’on pourrait qualifier de « faibles ». Sans doute le statut d’exception de l’œuvre littéraire conféré par l’héritage de l’idéalisme romantique la retranche-t-elle partiellement de la vie sociale. Ainsi se trouve bloquée ou empêchée toute pensée qui chercherait à rendre compte de son action, de son pouvoir ou de ses effets (immanents à la société). On se propose ici d’esquisser une anthropologie pragmatique de la littérature, qui sans dégager des structures, des cultures ou des mentalités qui s’y transposeraient, viserait plutôt à décrire ses manières de s’inscrire dans le tissu du langage…
F.A. Wolf, la scienza dell’antichità e noi: come possiamo uscire dal XIX secolo?
2011
International audience; Wolf’s historical-philological Altertumswissenschaft was an academic knowlegde helpful to the State because of its space and time limits, its methods and rhetoric, his idea of the Ancients as a mirror of modern ideals. The present crisis of this paradigm can be related to State’s decline and to modern globalisation, then to the development of fragmented research fields. This development isolated scholars from society and strengthened the problem of the meaning of studies. We can find a possible meaning of these studies for example: 1) by writing the history of the non-violent fights, 2) by trying the counterfactual history or the countertextual writing, examining the…
Homme et animal, la question des frontières.
2009
214 pages; Certains arguments permettent aujourd'hui de réévaluer la thèse de la singularité de l'homme. Du point de vue de l'identité psychologique et des performances cognitives, la différence entre les grands singes et l'homme ne serait pas de nature mais seulement de degrés. La biologie considère également les distinctions homme/animaux comme des différences dans la nature, et non entre nature et culture. Au plan éthique, les formes d'appropriation des animaux ont conduit à les instrumentaliser. À cela s'ajoutent les menaces sur les espèces sauvages dues au développement industriel. Certains admettent ainsi une véritable solidarité d'ordre moral ou juridique entre les formes de vie huma…
Multifunctionality: refocusing a spreading, loose and fashionable concept for looking at sustainability?
2008
International audience; The notion of agriculture's Multifunctionality (MF) emerged in the 1980s. It then followed two trajectories since the 1990s: a conflicting period linked to its use in the international trade negotiations on the one hand, a spreading in terms of meaning, use and geographically on the other hand. Specific meanings appeared in connection with policy making, at national or international levels, or through the involvement of new disciplines. Yet, very few authors discuss the implication of the chosen meaning on their findings. To explore and take advantage of using this word and to deliver it from its controversial use in international trade negotiations, it is absolutely…
Du fouillis végétal à l'espace gazonné : structure et typologie des jardins réunionnais de la Ravine des Cabris
2014
International audience; S’intéresser aux jardins de l’île de la Réunion ne procède pas uniquement d’un attrait naturaliste ou esthétique car les jardins sont aussi des espaces de vie qui ont été au centre des préoccupations lors de l’épidémie de chikungunya qui a sévit sur l’île de 2005 à 2006. Les politiques de prévention ont mis l’accent sur le risque que constituait le jardin et il a été rapidement demandé à la population de devenir acteur en agissantsur son environnement et en éliminant les sources potentielles de gîtes. Dans le cadre d'un projet de recherches ANR SEST (2006-2009) « Anthropo-MTV » sur la gestion de l’épidémie de chikungunya les auteurs ont mené une enquête sur les jardi…