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Papers by Ole Bruun

Pacific Affairs, 1996

... Page 2. Asian Perceptions of Nature Page 3. NORDIC INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDIES Studies in Asia... more ... Page 2. Asian Perceptions of Nature Page 3. NORDIC INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDIES Studies in Asian Topics 12. Islam: State and Society Klaus Ferdinand and Mehdi Mozaffari (Editors) 13. ... Page 5. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Studies in Asian Topics, No. ...

Routledge eBooks, Feb 25, 2014

Sacred trees and haunted forests - Indonesia sociopolitical structures and the Southeast Asian ec... more Sacred trees and haunted forests - Indonesia sociopolitical structures and the Southeast Asian ecosystems nature as the virgin forest - Sri Lankan farmers' perspective nature conservation in Northern Pakistan Japanese advertising nature - ecology, women, fashion, art culture in Japanese nature Feng-shui and the Chinese perception of nature.

American Anthropologist, Mar 1, 2004

This tidy volume of eight essays written by anthropologists, historians, AIS faculty, and a playw... more This tidy volume of eight essays written by anthropologists, historians, AIS faculty, and a playwright, deftly edited by Nancy Shoemaker, adds a distinctive set of critical and prescriptive voices to the ongoing enterprise of AIS program development. This volume injects a measure of depth and nuance to the current lineup of books that survey indigenous historiography, provide interdisciplinary assessments of the state of AIS as a field, focus on the heated politics that are often associated with researching and writing in this area, or engage in some melding of all the above (p. x). Shoemaker organized the chapters by pairs into four general topics: narrative and storytelling, social and cultural categories, political-economy, and tribal histories and indigenous histories. The pairing held up well for the first three topics, but the fourth twosome, which entailed two very diverse pieces seemed contrived: Craig Howe's essay, which calls for writers of Native histories to employ nonwritten forms of media, in this case museum exhibits and hypertext technology, as a way to more comprehensively detail and, thus, comprehend tribal history; and James F. Brooks article, which is a global comparison of "mixed" peoples in four different locations (American Southwest, the Russian Caucasus, Western Canada, and Southern Africa). Shoemaker discerned several themes running throughout the chapters: How do we gauge the meaning of events from an indigenous perspective? What is the most appropriate way to utilize the diversity of historical sources? and How can scholars remain open to and utilize the multitude of interpretations available from the documents and human resources they utilize? In answering these questions, Shoemaker demonstrates the critical importance of the need to "understand American Indian history through the social and cultural forms of the peoples whose history is being told" (p. xii). These themes and others, including the role of gender, orality, identity, and indigenous agency (historical and contemporary), while important, are overarched by the dominant thrust of the work that, according to Shoemaker, is to "clear a path" toward an understanding "of the role of theory in American Indian historical studies while keeping one eye on the fruitful possibilities and the other on the limitation" (pp. x-xi). Certainly, we see a fair amount of theorizing in several of the books chapters: Gunlog Fur's chapter on gender and Indian history; Patricia Albers's excellent critical survey of literature on Indian labor, which examines materialist theories influenced by Marx, Engels, and Morgan in comparison to postmodern relativism; and Shoemaker's own solid chapter simply titled "Categories," which examines the substantive, methodological, and theoretical merits of categorization in the study of indigenous history. The other essays, by contrast, have less to do with the use, development, or refutation of theory in Indian history, and more to do with assessing more pragmatic issues and realities that still bedevil this unfolding discipline. These more utilitarian essays identify various proposals to enliven and enrich the field. This is as it should be and indicates that we

Jyllands-Posten, Apr 28, 2020

... However, being pastoralist does have a significant im-pact on people's lives in addi... more ... However, being pastoralist does have a significant im-pact on people's lives in addition to characterizing important aspects of their ... These groups included all nobility title-holders, clergymen, and monks, those pursuing profit and exploiting other peo-ple, those having other ...

Squeezed between powerful neighbours, for decades Mongolia played the role of buffer state. Its f... more Squeezed between powerful neighbours, for decades Mongolia played the role of buffer state. Its full independence in 1990 offered new opportunities for both economic growth and the restoration of Mongolian identity. But with a huge land area, poor infrastructure and a small population, the new republic is highly vulnerable and also dependent on international support. This book provides easily accessible information for developers, planners, consultants, scholars, students and others with an interest in contemporary Mongolia. Prefaced by a general overview of the land and society, its chapters, all written by international experts, cover a wide range of topics, including foreign policy, domestic politics, local government structure, living standards and poverty, women in society, grassland management, the common herding household, and science and technology policy. A comprehensive bibliography is provided.

Drawing on ongoing research in Quang Nam, central Vietnam, this paper addresses adaptation in agr... more Drawing on ongoing research in Quang Nam, central Vietnam, this paper addresses adaptation in agricultural areas with high levels of already experienced and prospected climate change. In the perspective of the local population, however, climate change is yet another stress factor on top of a range of both historical and present ones. Thus vulnerability and resilience should be seen in a grand perspective of general development, socio-economic robustness and vital institutions. As a matter of great complexity a range of different approaches will meet and interact. Culture is obviously part of the equation: in a hard hit society with a rooted culture of resistance, climate change adaptation may draw inspiration from historical adaptation to other challenges such as war, hunger and mad politics. Both culturally embedded institutions, including local community cooperation and responsible governance, and real economic improvement are essential for successful adaptation.

Springer eBooks, Apr 30, 2013

Introduction: Adaptation to climate and environmental change in Central Vietnam.- Paradoxes in ad... more Introduction: Adaptation to climate and environmental change in Central Vietnam.- Paradoxes in adaptation: Economic growth and socio-economic differentiation.- Is climate change a reality for agriculture in Quang Nam province?.- The Push for plantations: Drivers, rationales and social vulnerabilities in Quang Nam province.- Climate change impacts on natural hazards in mid-central Vietnam: Flood, drought and landslide.- Impediments to climate-induced disaster management: Evidence from Quang Nam, Central Vietnam.- Livelihood stresses under the constraints of climate change vulnerability in Quang Nam.- Rural households: Socio-economic characteristics, community organizing and adaptation abilities.- Natural resource management, vulnerability and climate change: A micro-scale study.- Climate change in the public media: Representations, debates and awareness.- Public health challenges from climatic and environmental change: Observations from Quang Nam.- The Co Minority of Central Vietnam: Interacting cultural and environmental change.- Vietnam's food security: A castle of cards in the winds of climate change?.

Environmental science and engineering, 2013