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Research paper thumbnail of Relocation as a climate change risk reduction strategy

Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia

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Research paper thumbnail of Book reviews

Contemporary South Asia, Jun 1, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Showing up “More as My True Self”: Gender and Mushing in the United States

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership

Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, an... more Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, and sport. While some scholars assert that gender does not influence a musher’s experience, this research, based on interviews with mushers, broadens understanding of how gender influences mushing and a musher’s sense of self. Nearly all research participants initially stated that gender is irrelevant in mushing; for example, in competitions, people of all genders compete directly against one another. As interviews unfolded, participants spoke about how gender norms and stereotypes complicated their experiences and how non-mushers perceive them. Despite depictions of mushing as masculine, participants stated that mushing embodies both masculine and feminine traits and is empowering for all genders. We suggest that scholars in outdoor recreation continue to broaden their research agendas to acknowledge the complexity of gender identities and the empowering nature of the outdoors, particular...

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's insights on bargaining for land in customary tenure systems: land access as an individual and collective issue

Land governance and gender: the tenure-gender nexus in land management and land policy, 2021

This chapter finds that women bargain with men in different ways for land access and that women s... more This chapter finds that women bargain with men in different ways for land access and that women see lack of access as an individual rather than a collective problem. Recent donor interventions that seek to improve women's land tenure security focus on women as private, rights-holding individuals within the household. While there is evidence that individual women do benefit from such schemes, donors also might focus on investments in grassroots and women's organizations and networks and leadership development so that women might be more willing to help one another thereby expanding the space for women's collective action.

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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding gender preferences in banana traits may improve design and adoption of new cultivars

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Research paper thumbnail of Gendering work and labor in the agriculture sector: A focus on South Asia

Handbook on Gender in Asia, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Participatory community wealth ranking in banana-producing regions of Uganda and Tanzania

The report describes the approach and results of community wealth ranking (CWR) exercises conduct... more The report describes the approach and results of community wealth ranking (CWR) exercises conducted in 2015-2016 to ascertain the wealth groups and their characteristics of selected banana-producing communities in two regions of Uganda and four of Tanzania. The CWR information gathered was aimed at informing current and future banana breeding initiatives in and beyond the study areas. Participatory community wealth ranking exercises were conducted through focus group discussions (FGDs) within six selected districts. Based on their perception of others in their community, the farmers were asked to characterize their community’s wealth groups by assets, household and socio-economic characteristics, demographic characteristics, agricultural production practices, access to markets and access to agricultural extension services. They described each group according to similarities in characteristics and their proximity to the community’s perceived poverty line. These CWR exercises provide ...

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Research paper thumbnail of The power of the seasonal calendar method

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Research paper thumbnail of Gender-disaggregated seasonal and daily calendars of farmers in Uganda and Tanzania

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Research paper thumbnail of The gender division of agricultural labour

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Research paper thumbnail of Hosting as shelter during displacement: considerations for research and practice

Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Community wealth ranking focus group discussion

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Research paper thumbnail of Showing up “More as My True Self”: Gender and Mushing in the United States

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022

Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, an... more Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, and sport. While some scholars assert that gender does not influence a musher’s experience, this research, based on interviews with mushers, broadens understanding of how gender influences mushing and a musher’s sense of self. Nearly all research participants initially stated that gender is irrelevant in mushing; for example, in competitions, people of all genders compete directly against one another. As interviews unfolded, participants spoke about how gender norms and stereotypes complicated their experiences and how non-mushers perceive them. Despite depictions of mushing as masculine, participants stated that mushing embodies both masculine and feminine traits and is empowering for all genders. We suggest that scholars in outdoor recreation continue to broaden their research agendas to acknowledge the complexity of gender identities and the empowering nature of the outdoors, particular...

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Research paper thumbnail of Héberger les déplacés, et être hébergé

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's Leadership, Agency and Voice: Promoting Gender Justice within Community-Based Tenure Systems in Bolivia and Zambia: Synthesis Report

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Research paper thumbnail of Forest access and polycentric governance in Zambia's Eastern Province: insights for REDD+

International Forestry Review

SUMMARY Increased attention to the role of forests in mitigating climate change through Reducing ... more SUMMARY Increased attention to the role of forests in mitigating climate change through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) underscores the importance of taking local forest access and user rights into account to protect forest-based livelihoods. This paper uses baseline data from a USAID-funded impact evaluation of a REDD+ program in Zambia to examine the multiple interests and institutional actors that converge on forests and explore how they intersect to shape forest access and tenure security. We analyze how forest users in this site on the cusp of REDD+ program implementation view local governance and navigate the institutions that shape current forest access and management, finding low rates of forest user participation in local forest governance and a weak accountability system. REDD+ safeguards potentially present both an opportunity and a mechanism to improve forest governance, but only if embedded into REDD+ processes and accompanied by structural change.

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Research paper thumbnail of Rescuing Girls, Investing in Girls: A Critique of Development Fantasies

Journal of International Development, 2015

The girl child increasingly is at the centre of development programming. We draw on Slavoj Žižek’... more The girl child increasingly is at the centre of development programming. We draw on Slavoj Žižek’s notion of fantasy to show how and, more importantly, why girl-centred initiatives reproduce the shortcomings of women and gender-focused programmes before them. Through an analysis of three girl-centred campaigns, we illustrate how experts identify and diagnose girls’ problems and prescribe solutions that not only circumscribe girls’ futures, but are also counterproductive. We argue that even as campaigns try to integrate lessons learned from earlier gender and development initiatives, the critical reflection that a Žižekian approach promotes would better enable development actors to reformulate campaigns and fundamental campaign assumptions.

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Research paper thumbnail of Land Tenure & Disasters Strengthening and Clarifying Land Rights in Disaster Risk Reduction and Post-Disaster Programming

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Research paper thumbnail of There's a Devil on Wayamba Beach

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2007

In this article we draw upon religious sermons, poetry and first-person accounts to show how rura... more In this article we draw upon religious sermons, poetry and first-person accounts to show how rural Sri Lankans used localized meanings of security and sacrifice to mobilize against a project of national development. Using Victor Turner's concept of social drama and the idea that state officials and citizens relate as audiences of each others' actions, we bring the methodological lens of performance to the study of citizenship, development, and legitimacy. The authors find that people's attempt to transform everyday meaning into legitimate meaning forms a profound kernel in the process of making of state—society relations.

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining alternatives: the Energy Services Delivery Project in Sri Lanka

Energy for Sustainable Development, 2002

ABSTRACT

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Research paper thumbnail of Relocation as a climate change risk reduction strategy

Climate Change and Risk in South and Southeast Asia

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Research paper thumbnail of Book reviews

Contemporary South Asia, Jun 1, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Showing up “More as My True Self”: Gender and Mushing in the United States

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership

Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, an... more Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, and sport. While some scholars assert that gender does not influence a musher’s experience, this research, based on interviews with mushers, broadens understanding of how gender influences mushing and a musher’s sense of self. Nearly all research participants initially stated that gender is irrelevant in mushing; for example, in competitions, people of all genders compete directly against one another. As interviews unfolded, participants spoke about how gender norms and stereotypes complicated their experiences and how non-mushers perceive them. Despite depictions of mushing as masculine, participants stated that mushing embodies both masculine and feminine traits and is empowering for all genders. We suggest that scholars in outdoor recreation continue to broaden their research agendas to acknowledge the complexity of gender identities and the empowering nature of the outdoors, particular...

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's insights on bargaining for land in customary tenure systems: land access as an individual and collective issue

Land governance and gender: the tenure-gender nexus in land management and land policy, 2021

This chapter finds that women bargain with men in different ways for land access and that women s... more This chapter finds that women bargain with men in different ways for land access and that women see lack of access as an individual rather than a collective problem. Recent donor interventions that seek to improve women's land tenure security focus on women as private, rights-holding individuals within the household. While there is evidence that individual women do benefit from such schemes, donors also might focus on investments in grassroots and women's organizations and networks and leadership development so that women might be more willing to help one another thereby expanding the space for women's collective action.

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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding gender preferences in banana traits may improve design and adoption of new cultivars

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Research paper thumbnail of Gendering work and labor in the agriculture sector: A focus on South Asia

Handbook on Gender in Asia, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Participatory community wealth ranking in banana-producing regions of Uganda and Tanzania

The report describes the approach and results of community wealth ranking (CWR) exercises conduct... more The report describes the approach and results of community wealth ranking (CWR) exercises conducted in 2015-2016 to ascertain the wealth groups and their characteristics of selected banana-producing communities in two regions of Uganda and four of Tanzania. The CWR information gathered was aimed at informing current and future banana breeding initiatives in and beyond the study areas. Participatory community wealth ranking exercises were conducted through focus group discussions (FGDs) within six selected districts. Based on their perception of others in their community, the farmers were asked to characterize their community’s wealth groups by assets, household and socio-economic characteristics, demographic characteristics, agricultural production practices, access to markets and access to agricultural extension services. They described each group according to similarities in characteristics and their proximity to the community’s perceived poverty line. These CWR exercises provide ...

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Research paper thumbnail of The power of the seasonal calendar method

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Research paper thumbnail of Gender-disaggregated seasonal and daily calendars of farmers in Uganda and Tanzania

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Research paper thumbnail of The gender division of agricultural labour

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Research paper thumbnail of Hosting as shelter during displacement: considerations for research and practice

Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of Tools for understanding the agricultural production systems and their socio-economic context in target regions for the introduction of new banana cultivars: Community wealth ranking focus group discussion

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Research paper thumbnail of Showing up “More as My True Self”: Gender and Mushing in the United States

Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022

Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, an... more Mushing exists in several forms: short and long-distance races, adventure tourism, recreation, and sport. While some scholars assert that gender does not influence a musher’s experience, this research, based on interviews with mushers, broadens understanding of how gender influences mushing and a musher’s sense of self. Nearly all research participants initially stated that gender is irrelevant in mushing; for example, in competitions, people of all genders compete directly against one another. As interviews unfolded, participants spoke about how gender norms and stereotypes complicated their experiences and how non-mushers perceive them. Despite depictions of mushing as masculine, participants stated that mushing embodies both masculine and feminine traits and is empowering for all genders. We suggest that scholars in outdoor recreation continue to broaden their research agendas to acknowledge the complexity of gender identities and the empowering nature of the outdoors, particular...

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Research paper thumbnail of Héberger les déplacés, et être hébergé

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Research paper thumbnail of Women's Leadership, Agency and Voice: Promoting Gender Justice within Community-Based Tenure Systems in Bolivia and Zambia: Synthesis Report

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Research paper thumbnail of Forest access and polycentric governance in Zambia's Eastern Province: insights for REDD+

International Forestry Review

SUMMARY Increased attention to the role of forests in mitigating climate change through Reducing ... more SUMMARY Increased attention to the role of forests in mitigating climate change through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) underscores the importance of taking local forest access and user rights into account to protect forest-based livelihoods. This paper uses baseline data from a USAID-funded impact evaluation of a REDD+ program in Zambia to examine the multiple interests and institutional actors that converge on forests and explore how they intersect to shape forest access and tenure security. We analyze how forest users in this site on the cusp of REDD+ program implementation view local governance and navigate the institutions that shape current forest access and management, finding low rates of forest user participation in local forest governance and a weak accountability system. REDD+ safeguards potentially present both an opportunity and a mechanism to improve forest governance, but only if embedded into REDD+ processes and accompanied by structural change.

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Research paper thumbnail of Rescuing Girls, Investing in Girls: A Critique of Development Fantasies

Journal of International Development, 2015

The girl child increasingly is at the centre of development programming. We draw on Slavoj Žižek’... more The girl child increasingly is at the centre of development programming. We draw on Slavoj Žižek’s notion of fantasy to show how and, more importantly, why girl-centred initiatives reproduce the shortcomings of women and gender-focused programmes before them. Through an analysis of three girl-centred campaigns, we illustrate how experts identify and diagnose girls’ problems and prescribe solutions that not only circumscribe girls’ futures, but are also counterproductive. We argue that even as campaigns try to integrate lessons learned from earlier gender and development initiatives, the critical reflection that a Žižekian approach promotes would better enable development actors to reformulate campaigns and fundamental campaign assumptions.

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Research paper thumbnail of Land Tenure & Disasters Strengthening and Clarifying Land Rights in Disaster Risk Reduction and Post-Disaster Programming

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Research paper thumbnail of There's a Devil on Wayamba Beach

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2007

In this article we draw upon religious sermons, poetry and first-person accounts to show how rura... more In this article we draw upon religious sermons, poetry and first-person accounts to show how rural Sri Lankans used localized meanings of security and sacrifice to mobilize against a project of national development. Using Victor Turner's concept of social drama and the idea that state officials and citizens relate as audiences of each others' actions, we bring the methodological lens of performance to the study of citizenship, development, and legitimacy. The authors find that people's attempt to transform everyday meaning into legitimate meaning forms a profound kernel in the process of making of state—society relations.

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Research paper thumbnail of Examining alternatives: the Energy Services Delivery Project in Sri Lanka

Energy for Sustainable Development, 2002

ABSTRACT

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Research paper thumbnail of Caron CV May 2020

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