A Complex-Systems Approach to Pastoral Commons (original) (raw)

Dismantling While Preserving the Pastoral Commons in Olderkesi, Southern Kenya

Kariuki Kirigia, 2022

The Maasai community of Olderkesi in southern Kenya is in transition from the traditional pastoral commons to individual land tenure. Kariuki Kirigia, a 2012 Sylff fellow and 2016 SRA awardee who conducted his doctoral fieldwork in Olderkesi, writes about what prompted this shift, what the process entailed, and the community’s efforts to avoid the shortcomings of such a change, as well as potential areas for concern.

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