Search results for "pastoralism"
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In tràmuta. Antropologia del pastoralismo in Sardegna
2014
Sardegna e Sicilia. Pastoralismi a confronto tra intervento politico, dinamiche di mercato e variazioni culturali
2016
In questo lavoro si tenta di delineare, attraverso una messa a confronto, la dimensione odierna dei pastoralismi sardo e siciliano, ovvero in che modo si collocano le due forme di pastorizia all’interno del quadro politico-economico globale e le risposte elaborate dai pastori alle istanze di cambiamento imposte dai centri di potere istituzionali, anche alla luce del rinnovato interesse che, soprattutto in Sardegna, hanno maturato di recente gli studi antropologici. In particolare verrà indagata la relazione, in essere e potenziale, tra le attività pastorali delle due regioni e i processi di multifunzionalità e ricontadinizzazione, o meglio, nel nostro caso, di “ripastoralizzazione”, in line…
Report on the Peace Making Ceremony held in Arbore, Ethiopia, 6-9 March 1993
1993
This is the technical report of the support provided by SNV to the elders that have organised the the Peace Making ceremony in Arbore in 1993
Migranti e pastoralismo. Il caso dei servi pastori romeni nelle campagne sarde
2017
Over the past decade, research into the role of migrants in agriculture within global capitalism increased. Several studies analyze the exploitation of migrants in the intensive agricultural system as a negative effect of market price competition. Within the context, this article focuses on a case-study which so far has received little scholarly attention, that of Romanian salaried shepherds in Sardinia (Italy). Historically, being a salaried shepherd represented a common step in the moral career of the local shepherds: the young people started as “salaried”; during the years of training they became experts and earned enough money to become autonomous. At the beginning of the nineties, the …
Early pastoral communities in the mountains of Sicily. Prehistoric evidence from Vallone Inferno (Scillato) in the palaeoenvironmental framework of t…
2021
Abstract This paper discusses the Middle Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age phases of the occupation of a rock shelter at Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Palermo) in Sicily. Vallone Inferno is a key site for studying the early establishment and development of pastoralism in the prehistoric mountainous environments of Sicily. Seasonal use of the site as a shelter is documented for the earliest pastoral communities that exploited the Madonie mountain range. The results of the analysis of pottery and lithic assemblages contribute to the definition of two chronocultural frameworks that were linked by the same economic subsistence base. The special role of obsidian emerges, while the mobility pattern…
Traveling shepherds. Transhumance in Sardinia and Sicily between historical dynamics, today’s practices and future prospects
2018
In Sardinia and Sicily, transhumance has been an important economic and socio-cultural device. Pastoral mobility has disappeared in the first region, and recently it is receiving increased attention as touristic and identity object; in Sicily, although re-dimen- sioned, it is still a vital practice. The intervention is meant to reflect on the historical dynamics, on today’s dimension and on the future perspectives of transhumance, also in relation to Italy’s recent request to UNESCO to recognize this practice as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Recensione di Cammini di uomini, cammini di animali. Transumanze, pastoralismi e patrimoni bio-culturali
2018
La transumanza è una pratica che, per lungo tempo, ha orientato le strategie economiche di molte comunità, contribuendo a definirne non solo la dimensione produttiva ma anche quella politica, paesaggistica e socioculturale. Su questo complesso e articolato universo hanno riflettuto in Molise, nel novembre del 2016, studiosi di diversa formazione e di differenti ambiti disciplinari, le cui relazioni sono confluite in un volume curato da Katia Ballacchino e Letizia Bindi, Cammini di uomini, cammini di animali. Transumanze, pastoralismi e patrimoni bio-culturali, che ha il merito di restituire la multiforme realtà del pastoralismo e della mobilità pastorale in diverse zone della Penisola.
Grasslands and Shrublands of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia
2020
Kazakhstan and Middle Asia comprise 4 million km2 of plains, uplands and tall mountain ranges in the core of the Eurasian continent. The region’s semi-arid climate, grazing pressure by wild and domestic ungulates, and long pastoral tradition, have given rise to a variety of open habitat types and a distinct flora and fauna. Grasslands and shrublands are a natural and dominant vegetation type in the forest-steppe and steppe zone of northern and central Kazakhstan, as part of the Eurasian grassland biome. In Middle Asia, grasslands and shrublands are widespread habitat types in the Tian Shan, Pamir-Alai and Pamir—mountain systems that have been recently acknowledged as a global biodiversity h…
Les versants du Petit Saint-Bernard de la Préhistoire à l'Antiquité : nouvelles données sur les premières occupations de la montagne autour d'un pass…
2006
The Petit Saint-Bernard mountain pass is one of the main transalpine passages at the south of Mont Blanc. Within the context of an Interreg programme, archaeological research is being done on the two sides of the pass. This work aims to develop knowledge of the first populating of the mountain and of its interaction with transalpine circulations. The method is based on a vast series of manual excavations carried out in areas prone to sedimentary trappings. The study area, which is quite large, covers the entire height of the sides and makes it possible to study the relations between the different biogeographical steps. The collected data are presented in chronological order, from Prehistory…
Le tourisme en milieu agropastoral en République de Djibouti, entre réinterprétation des grands modèles et trajectoires propres.
2009
Au cours des dernières décennies, le tourisme a connu de profonds bouleversements. Certains effets pervers de cette activité sur les territoires qui l’abritent ont été dénoncés, et dans le même temps diverses alternatives (comme l’écotourisme) sont apparues. Le continent africain fait figure de front pionnier, voire d’initiateur, pour de telles pratiques. Des treks chameliers sahariens aux éco-campements maliens, ces nouvelles façons de voyager se veulent plus éthiques et plus respectueuses des milieux naturels comme des populations d’accueil. La République de Djibouti, Etat en marge de l’espace saharien, apparaît comme une destination alter touristique émergente. A partir de cet exemple, c…