ISBN:
978-0-520-23468-0
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 256 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First paperback printing 2002
Series Statement:
California Studies in Critical Human Geography 4
Keywords:
Tansania Naturschutz
;
Konflikt, sozialer
;
Nationalpark
;
Sozialer Aspekt
;
Sozio-ökonomischer Aspekt
;
Wildtier
;
Recht, traditionelles
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Meru
;
Landbevölkerung
;
Arusha
;
Landschaft
;
Serengeti 〈Tansania, Kenia〉
Abstract:
Arusha National Park in northern Tanzania embodies all the political-ecological dilemmas facing protected areas throughout Africa. This book presents an analysis of the problems, arguing that the roots of the ongoing struggle between the park and the neighbouring Meru peasant communities go much deeper than the issues of poverty, population growth and ignorance usually cited. The author claims the conflict reflects differences that go back to the beginning of colonial rule. By imposing a European ideal of pristine wilderness, the establishment of national parks and protected areas displaced African meanings as well as material access to the land. The book focuses on the symbolic importance of natural landscapes among various social groups in this setting and how it relates to conflicts between peasant communities and the state.
Description / Table of Contents:
Landscapes of nature, terrains of resistance -- Political and moral economy on Mount Meru -- Conservation versus custom : state seizure of Natural Resource Control -- Protecting the fauna of the empire : the evolution of national parks in Tanzania -- Patterns of predation at Arusha National Park -- Village moral economy and the new colonialism.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 231-244
