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Research paper thumbnail of Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft. Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu

Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens, 2018

Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu * "Die große Anziehung des C... more Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu * "Die große Anziehung des Commonings ist gleichzeitig Grund seiner Unsichtbarkeit. Commoning appelliert an uns, die Welt aus einer fundamental anderen Perspektive zu sehen; das Selbst entsteht aus den Beziehungen zu anderen und existiert nur aufgrund dieser Beziehungen. Das Scheitern eines Anerkennens eines 'Wir' und seiner komplexen Dynamiken ist gleichbedeutend mit einem Leben auf der Erde ohne Atmosphäre. Unsere Leben sind gerahmt und defi niert durch ein 'Wir'. Kollektive sind daher nicht nur eine Summe von Individuen, sondern ausgeprägte Organisationssysteme, die auf gemeinsamen Treffen und Verpfl ichtungen basieren." 1

Research paper thumbnail of Making Sense of Past, Present and Future. Images of Modern and Past Pastoralism among Nyangatom Herders in South Omo, Ethiopia

Land, 2018

This article asks how Nyangatom pastoralists currently make sense of the past, present and future... more This article asks how Nyangatom pastoralists currently make sense of the past, present and future of their pastoralist livelihood. Nyangatom pastoralists, like all agro-pastoralist groups in southern Ethiopia, are faced with enormous structural changes in their immediate surroundings, primarily due to large-scale industrial agriculture and a government policy encouraging them to be sedentary. While the impacts have been discussed elsewhere, thus far little focus has been placed on what images of the past, present and future these changes create among the Nyangatom. This article pays attention to these changes by highlighting the results of a larger qualitative study. It becomes evident that discourses of modernity and culture are translated into the everyday lives of Nyangatom herders. While the past is constructed as a cultural/traditional time by the older generation, an image of modernity shapes the present life of younger generations. The administration plays a contradictory role in transmitting modernity ideals. The future of the Nyangatom is envisioned as a modern pastoralism, yet there is general pessimism with regards to pastoralism persisting.

Research paper thumbnail of Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens

Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens

PERIPHERIE – Politik • Ökonomie • Kultur, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoralismus

Pastoralismus

Wörterbuch Land- und Rohstoffkonflikte

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoralismus

Pastoralismus

Global Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Commons Research and Pastoralism in the Context of Variability

Commons Research and Pastoralism in the Context of Variability

Nomadic Peoples

Research has shown that pastoralism and the management of the commons are connected (Bollig and L... more Research has shown that pastoralism and the management of the commons are connected (Bollig and Lesogorol 2016). In this article I discuss how the concept of variability, which emerged from discussions of dryland ecologies in the 1980s (Homewood 2008), can inform and enhance research on the commons and vice versa. Research on the commons can further elucidate the understanding of pastoralist practices. I conclude with reflections drawn from some empirical examples in the literature, the use of the socio-ecological systems (SES) framework, and discuss the benefits and potential problems when applied to heterogeneous and flexible pastoralist practices and to the pastoral management of the commons.

Research paper thumbnail of Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft. Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu

Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens, 2018

Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu * "Die große Anziehung des C... more Commoning und Wanderweidewirtschaft Die Rechtler_innen im Oberallgäu * "Die große Anziehung des Commonings ist gleichzeitig Grund seiner Unsichtbarkeit. Commoning appelliert an uns, die Welt aus einer fundamental anderen Perspektive zu sehen; das Selbst entsteht aus den Beziehungen zu anderen und existiert nur aufgrund dieser Beziehungen. Das Scheitern eines Anerkennens eines 'Wir' und seiner komplexen Dynamiken ist gleichbedeutend mit einem Leben auf der Erde ohne Atmosphäre. Unsere Leben sind gerahmt und defi niert durch ein 'Wir'. Kollektive sind daher nicht nur eine Summe von Individuen, sondern ausgeprägte Organisationssysteme, die auf gemeinsamen Treffen und Verpfl ichtungen basieren." 1

Research paper thumbnail of Making Sense of Past, Present and Future. Images of Modern and Past Pastoralism among Nyangatom Herders in South Omo, Ethiopia

Land, 2018

This article asks how Nyangatom pastoralists currently make sense of the past, present and future... more This article asks how Nyangatom pastoralists currently make sense of the past, present and future of their pastoralist livelihood. Nyangatom pastoralists, like all agro-pastoralist groups in southern Ethiopia, are faced with enormous structural changes in their immediate surroundings, primarily due to large-scale industrial agriculture and a government policy encouraging them to be sedentary. While the impacts have been discussed elsewhere, thus far little focus has been placed on what images of the past, present and future these changes create among the Nyangatom. This article pays attention to these changes by highlighting the results of a larger qualitative study. It becomes evident that discourses of modernity and culture are translated into the everyday lives of Nyangatom herders. While the past is constructed as a cultural/traditional time by the older generation, an image of modernity shapes the present life of younger generations. The administration plays a contradictory role in transmitting modernity ideals. The future of the Nyangatom is envisioned as a modern pastoralism, yet there is general pessimism with regards to pastoralism persisting.

Research paper thumbnail of Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens

Jenseits des Entwicklungsdenkens

PERIPHERIE – Politik • Ökonomie • Kultur, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoralismus

Pastoralismus

Wörterbuch Land- und Rohstoffkonflikte

Research paper thumbnail of Pastoralismus

Pastoralismus

Global Studies

Research paper thumbnail of Commons Research and Pastoralism in the Context of Variability

Commons Research and Pastoralism in the Context of Variability

Nomadic Peoples

Research has shown that pastoralism and the management of the commons are connected (Bollig and L... more Research has shown that pastoralism and the management of the commons are connected (Bollig and Lesogorol 2016). In this article I discuss how the concept of variability, which emerged from discussions of dryland ecologies in the 1980s (Homewood 2008), can inform and enhance research on the commons and vice versa. Research on the commons can further elucidate the understanding of pastoralist practices. I conclude with reflections drawn from some empirical examples in the literature, the use of the socio-ecological systems (SES) framework, and discuss the benefits and potential problems when applied to heterogeneous and flexible pastoralist practices and to the pastoral management of the commons.