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Papers by Scott Drimie
Routledge eBooks, Sep 9, 2022
Sahara J-journal of Social Aspects of Hiv-aids, 2005
Academic Publishers,The Netherlands, 2004. ISBN: 9076998469. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AID... more Academic Publishers,The Netherlands, 2004. ISBN: 9076998469. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Vol 2(2) 2005: 296-297
Housing Studies, 2009
ABSTRACT
Sustainability
Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous polic... more Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus gro...
Routledge eBooks, Jul 29, 2021
Connections to other chapters Facilitated dialogues often draw on action research to enable deepe... more Connections to other chapters Facilitated dialogues often draw on action research to enable deeper learning while also providing opportunity for action research to interrogate dialogue-into-action (Chapter 15). They also often make use of visioning or imagining the future to liberate participants to transcend the constraints of the present and so explore potential pathways to a better outcome. There is a strong link to the discussions on futures analysis in Chapter 10 and scenario development in Chapter 11.
SAHARA : Journal of Social Aspects of HIV / AIDS Research Alliance, Jul 1, 2005
Abstract: Extracted from text... Book Reviews/Revues de Livres BOOKS HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in ... more Abstract: Extracted from text... Book Reviews/Revues de Livres BOOKS HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on Farming Systems, Agricultural Practices and Rural Livelihoods-An Overview and Annotated Bibliography By Tanja R Muller, African ...
Paper presented at the World Bank workshop on land issues in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 29 April -2... more Paper presented at the World Bank workshop on land issues in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 29 April -2 May
Sustainability Science
COVID-19 posed threats for health and well-being directly, but it also revealed and exacerbated s... more COVID-19 posed threats for health and well-being directly, but it also revealed and exacerbated social–ecological inequalities, worsening hunger and poverty for millions. For those focused on transforming complex and problematic system dynamics, the question was whether such devastation could create a formative moment in which transformative change could become possible. Our study examines the experiences of change agents in six African countries engaged in efforts to create or support transformative change processes. To better understand the relationship between crisis, agency, and transformation, we explored how they navigated their changed conditions and the responses to COVID-19. We document three impacts: economic impacts, hunger, and gender-based violence and we examine how they (re)shaped the opportunity contexts for change. Finally, we identify four kinds of uncertainties that emerged as a result of policy responses, including uncertainty about the: (1) robustness of prepari...
The Pan African medical journal, 2022
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2023
, marieke veeger, joost vervoort, and george wamukoya Highlights • Climate change and food securi... more , marieke veeger, joost vervoort, and george wamukoya Highlights • Climate change and food security are 'messy' policy issues; policies need to be effectively shaped and fit for purpose across different scales, geographic areas, and sectors. • Policy implementation necessitates coordination across multiple perspectives towards a common goal; an anticipatory governance approach can enable this. • Working against the status quo is not an easy task but can be achieved through truly engaged and inclusive stakeholder processes. • Redistribution of power entails employing a gendered, socially inclusive lens in the development of food system transformation policies. • Establishing an enabling policy environment for transforming food systems requires diverse approaches and multiple perspectives. • Appropriate facilitation and coordination of multi-stakeholder engagements is key to clear communication between participants and to support learning.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Background: The exercise of power is central to understanding global health and its policy and go... more Background: The exercise of power is central to understanding global health and its policy and governance processes, including how food systems operate and shape population nutrition. However, the issue of power in food systems has been little explored empirically or theoretically to date. In this article, we review previous work on understanding power in addressing malnutrition as part of food systems that could be used in taking this issue further in future food systems research. In particular, we examine why acknowledging power is vital in addressing food systems for better nutritional outcomes, approaches to assessing power in empirical research, and ways of addressing issues of power as they relate to food systems. Methods: We undertook a narrative review and synthesis. This involved identifying relevant articles from searches of PubMed and Scopus, and examining the reference lists of included studies. We considered for inclusion literature written in English and related to cou...
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2021
Globally, the youth population aged between 10 and 24 years is the fastest growing and faces heal... more Globally, the youth population aged between 10 and 24 years is the fastest growing and faces health and nutritional challenges affecting their growth and development, livelihoods and future careers. The government needs to take necessary action towards the full realisation of the right to health, water, education and adequate standards of living, amongst others. A cross-sectional descriptive study using a mixed method approach was conducted. The study aimed at gaining an insight into perceptions about underlying factors, having an impact on the realisation of the Right to Food (RtF)of adolescents in the Sterkspruit area of the Senqu sub-district (Eastern Cape Province). It, furthermore, explored possible solutions and opportunities to facilitate the progressive realisation of the RtF for adolescents in this area. In-depth interviews were held with eight (8) key informants who were actively involved in the community. Fifty (50) adolescents aged 10 to 19 years completed a self-adminis...
การวจยเชงปฏบตการนมงพฒนากระบวนการจดการเรยนรแนวจตตปญญาสาหรบพอแมและผดแล เพอสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยในชม... more การวจยเชงปฏบตการนมงพฒนากระบวนการจดการเรยนรแนวจตตปญญาสาหรบพอแมและผดแล เพอสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยในชมชนอสาน ดาเนนการ 1 ตลาคม 2558 ถง 31 ตลาคม 2559 ทศนยพฒนา เดกเลกเทศบาลเมองศลา ขอนแกน เกบขอมลจากพอแมและผดแล 21 คน เดกปฐมวย 8 คน จดกระบวนการ เรยนรแนวจตตปญญา 4 ขนตอน : (1) ปรบกาย (2) เปดใจ (3) เพมความรและประสบการณ และ(4) เสรมพลง สรางสงใหม มกจกรรมกลม 5 ครงและศกษาดงาน ใชองคความรมนษยปรชญา กบพฒนาการเดกปฐมวย ชวยให พอแมผดแลเขาใจตนเอง และธรรมชาตเดกปฐมวย กระตนการเปลยนแปลงทงความคด ความรสก และการกระทา ผลการพฒนาพบวา พอแมผดแลเปลยนแปลงในเชงบวก ความรดขน ประเมนพฒนาการและจดกจกรรมสงเสรม พฒนาการเดกไดเหมาะสม เปนองครวม ชมชนสนบสนนการจดสงแวดลอมทเหมาะสมกบเดก และสงเสรม โครงการพฒนาผดแลตอเนอง คาสาคญ : กระบวนการเรยนรจตตปญญาศกษา การสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยตามแนวมนษยปรชญาAbstract The purpose of this mutual action research was to develop a contemplative learning process for parents and caregivers to promote the development of young children at Tambon Sila Children Development Center in Northeastern Thailand. Data was collecte...
Invited lecture at the Dartmouth Students Lecture series, Zoology Department, University of Preto... more Invited lecture at the Dartmouth Students Lecture series, Zoology Department, University of Pretoria, 7 November
Paper presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, 5-8... more Paper presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, 5-8 December
Routledge eBooks, Sep 9, 2022
Sahara J-journal of Social Aspects of Hiv-aids, 2005
Academic Publishers,The Netherlands, 2004. ISBN: 9076998469. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AID... more Academic Publishers,The Netherlands, 2004. ISBN: 9076998469. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Vol 2(2) 2005: 296-297
Housing Studies, 2009
ABSTRACT
Sustainability
Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous polic... more Agroecological food system transformation remains marginal in South Africa despite numerous policies, plans and programmes favouring sustainable agriculture. Problems of weak budgets, fragmented interventions and lack of coordination reflect the power dynamics in the prevailing food system, dominated by large-scale conventional agriculture and agribusiness. The paper provides an in-depth case study of the importance of promoting agroecological transitions. Following a qualitative research methodology based on a literature review for context, preparatory discussions with local contact points, and semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with local actors in the field, the paper describes, analyses and characterises the agroecological transitions in the Overberg District in the Western Cape. It considers the broader policy, discursive and organisational landscape of agroecology followed by an in-depth analysis of the site drawing on key informant interviews and focus gro...
Routledge eBooks, Jul 29, 2021
Connections to other chapters Facilitated dialogues often draw on action research to enable deepe... more Connections to other chapters Facilitated dialogues often draw on action research to enable deeper learning while also providing opportunity for action research to interrogate dialogue-into-action (Chapter 15). They also often make use of visioning or imagining the future to liberate participants to transcend the constraints of the present and so explore potential pathways to a better outcome. There is a strong link to the discussions on futures analysis in Chapter 10 and scenario development in Chapter 11.
SAHARA : Journal of Social Aspects of HIV / AIDS Research Alliance, Jul 1, 2005
Abstract: Extracted from text... Book Reviews/Revues de Livres BOOKS HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in ... more Abstract: Extracted from text... Book Reviews/Revues de Livres BOOKS HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact on Farming Systems, Agricultural Practices and Rural Livelihoods-An Overview and Annotated Bibliography By Tanja R Muller, African ...
Paper presented at the World Bank workshop on land issues in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 29 April -2... more Paper presented at the World Bank workshop on land issues in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, 29 April -2 May
Sustainability Science
COVID-19 posed threats for health and well-being directly, but it also revealed and exacerbated s... more COVID-19 posed threats for health and well-being directly, but it also revealed and exacerbated social–ecological inequalities, worsening hunger and poverty for millions. For those focused on transforming complex and problematic system dynamics, the question was whether such devastation could create a formative moment in which transformative change could become possible. Our study examines the experiences of change agents in six African countries engaged in efforts to create or support transformative change processes. To better understand the relationship between crisis, agency, and transformation, we explored how they navigated their changed conditions and the responses to COVID-19. We document three impacts: economic impacts, hunger, and gender-based violence and we examine how they (re)shaped the opportunity contexts for change. Finally, we identify four kinds of uncertainties that emerged as a result of policy responses, including uncertainty about the: (1) robustness of prepari...
The Pan African medical journal, 2022
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Jan 31, 2023
, marieke veeger, joost vervoort, and george wamukoya Highlights • Climate change and food securi... more , marieke veeger, joost vervoort, and george wamukoya Highlights • Climate change and food security are 'messy' policy issues; policies need to be effectively shaped and fit for purpose across different scales, geographic areas, and sectors. • Policy implementation necessitates coordination across multiple perspectives towards a common goal; an anticipatory governance approach can enable this. • Working against the status quo is not an easy task but can be achieved through truly engaged and inclusive stakeholder processes. • Redistribution of power entails employing a gendered, socially inclusive lens in the development of food system transformation policies. • Establishing an enabling policy environment for transforming food systems requires diverse approaches and multiple perspectives. • Appropriate facilitation and coordination of multi-stakeholder engagements is key to clear communication between participants and to support learning.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Background: The exercise of power is central to understanding global health and its policy and go... more Background: The exercise of power is central to understanding global health and its policy and governance processes, including how food systems operate and shape population nutrition. However, the issue of power in food systems has been little explored empirically or theoretically to date. In this article, we review previous work on understanding power in addressing malnutrition as part of food systems that could be used in taking this issue further in future food systems research. In particular, we examine why acknowledging power is vital in addressing food systems for better nutritional outcomes, approaches to assessing power in empirical research, and ways of addressing issues of power as they relate to food systems. Methods: We undertook a narrative review and synthesis. This involved identifying relevant articles from searches of PubMed and Scopus, and examining the reference lists of included studies. We considered for inclusion literature written in English and related to cou...
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2021
Globally, the youth population aged between 10 and 24 years is the fastest growing and faces heal... more Globally, the youth population aged between 10 and 24 years is the fastest growing and faces health and nutritional challenges affecting their growth and development, livelihoods and future careers. The government needs to take necessary action towards the full realisation of the right to health, water, education and adequate standards of living, amongst others. A cross-sectional descriptive study using a mixed method approach was conducted. The study aimed at gaining an insight into perceptions about underlying factors, having an impact on the realisation of the Right to Food (RtF)of adolescents in the Sterkspruit area of the Senqu sub-district (Eastern Cape Province). It, furthermore, explored possible solutions and opportunities to facilitate the progressive realisation of the RtF for adolescents in this area. In-depth interviews were held with eight (8) key informants who were actively involved in the community. Fifty (50) adolescents aged 10 to 19 years completed a self-adminis...
การวจยเชงปฏบตการนมงพฒนากระบวนการจดการเรยนรแนวจตตปญญาสาหรบพอแมและผดแล เพอสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยในชม... more การวจยเชงปฏบตการนมงพฒนากระบวนการจดการเรยนรแนวจตตปญญาสาหรบพอแมและผดแล เพอสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยในชมชนอสาน ดาเนนการ 1 ตลาคม 2558 ถง 31 ตลาคม 2559 ทศนยพฒนา เดกเลกเทศบาลเมองศลา ขอนแกน เกบขอมลจากพอแมและผดแล 21 คน เดกปฐมวย 8 คน จดกระบวนการ เรยนรแนวจตตปญญา 4 ขนตอน : (1) ปรบกาย (2) เปดใจ (3) เพมความรและประสบการณ และ(4) เสรมพลง สรางสงใหม มกจกรรมกลม 5 ครงและศกษาดงาน ใชองคความรมนษยปรชญา กบพฒนาการเดกปฐมวย ชวยให พอแมผดแลเขาใจตนเอง และธรรมชาตเดกปฐมวย กระตนการเปลยนแปลงทงความคด ความรสก และการกระทา ผลการพฒนาพบวา พอแมผดแลเปลยนแปลงในเชงบวก ความรดขน ประเมนพฒนาการและจดกจกรรมสงเสรม พฒนาการเดกไดเหมาะสม เปนองครวม ชมชนสนบสนนการจดสงแวดลอมทเหมาะสมกบเดก และสงเสรม โครงการพฒนาผดแลตอเนอง คาสาคญ : กระบวนการเรยนรจตตปญญาศกษา การสงเสรมพฒนาการเดกปฐมวยตามแนวมนษยปรชญาAbstract The purpose of this mutual action research was to develop a contemplative learning process for parents and caregivers to promote the development of young children at Tambon Sila Children Development Center in Northeastern Thailand. Data was collecte...
Invited lecture at the Dartmouth Students Lecture series, Zoology Department, University of Preto... more Invited lecture at the Dartmouth Students Lecture series, Zoology Department, University of Pretoria, 7 November
Paper presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, 5-8... more Paper presented at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, 5-8 December