ISBN:
91-554-4247-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)
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978-91-554-4247-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (268 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology 25
Keywords:
Westafrika Burkina Faso
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Karaboro
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Fulbe
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Konflikt, ethnischer
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Konfliktmanagement
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Beziehungen, interethnische
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Landrecht
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Rechtsethnologie
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Landnutzung
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Viehhalter
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Bauer
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Anthropologie, soziale
Abstract:
This study is about dispute settlement in the Comoé Province, Burkina Faso. It focuses on ways in which four principal categories of actors-Karaboro agriculturalists, Fulbe agro-pastoralists, Tiefo Masters of the Earth, and local government officials-handle disputes related to landed resources. The study is based on four years of multi-sited fieldwork between 1988 and 1996, as well as studies of literature and archival material. To understand processes of peace and justice in dispute settlement, the study provides detailed accounts of internal socio-political and cultural dynamics within and between the main groups of actors as well as an ethnography of two cases of violent conflict. The main argument is that dispute settlement prevails in a social field of relations and rights. It is, on the one hand, a matter of mobilising key social relations in order to promote peace, to forgive and make future co-habitation possible. Host-stranger relations as well as those of neighbourhood and friendship are, for example, put to the fore. On the other hand, it is also a matter of claiming rights and attend to what different actors perceive as justice. Rights are articulated in different organisational structures such as the Land and Tenure Reorganisation, the Trade Union of Graziers and the Hunting Organisation. While external actors claim rights in public discourse, in practice they are likely to mobilise relations to 'arrange an affair'. Local actors promote ideologically the maintenance of social relations (for peace and prosperity) in dispute settlement, but look for their rights in practice. Disputes are thus located between peace and justice, but in the shadow of violent conflict. The study concludes that dispute settlement between Karaboro agriculturalists and Fulbe agro-pastoralists should not only be understood as a political run by different actors to gain in disputes, but needs to be situated within the domain of what is regarded as morally and socially 'acceptable' to public opinion beyond ethnic and socio-political boundaries. (AbstractI
Description / Table of Contents:
Lists of Illustrations -- A Note on Orthography -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. States and Societies in the Comoe Province -- 3. Understanding Agriculturalist-Pastoralist Relationships -- 4. Politics of Land and Power in Sideradougou -- 5. Belonging to Kaye Kulo -- 6. Coming from Boobola -- 7. Policy and Practice of Local Government Officials -- 8. Outbreaks of Violence -- 9. Social Relations in Conflict and Cooperation -- 10. Mobilisation of Rights through Organisational Structures -- 11. Between Peace and Justice -- Bibliography --Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-264
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Dissertation, Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala, University, 1998
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