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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Pastoralism"”.
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The Pastoralism in Shakespeare's Plays
… |Many elements, it is true, enter into pastoralism. The idea of a "golden age" is, however, consistently present in the pastoral, even if found in other forms. |Shakespeare, profound and reverent searcher of the human heart, sympathetic portrayer of man's spiritual struggles, yet withal …
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The Materiality of Mobile Pastoralism: Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives from Samburu, Kenya
… date on the material culture of African mobile pastoralism, a way of life economically, culturally, and ideologically centered on the herding of livestock. In Africa, tens of millions of people today still rely on cattle-based pastoralism for survival in arid lands that are unsuitable for …
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A systems analysis of pastoralism in the West African Sahel.
Thesis. 1975. Sc.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering.
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The Economic Organization of Early Camelid Pastoralism in the Andean Highlands of Bolivia
… of the nature and development of early camelid pastoralism in the Andean highlands by testing a set of hypotheses related to the economic organization of the Wankarani cultural complex and its change through time. I directed a three-year field project in Iroco: located in Oruro, Bolivia) that …
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Traditional Practices and Cultural Resilience: Exploring Pastoralism in Central Sardinia and Celtic Diet Practices
… and Landscape, Continuity and Adaptation: Pastoralism in Central Sardinia, which investigate the impact of sheep and shepherd relationships on human mobility and the landscape in central Sardinia, and Food and Fight: Diet Practices as a Form of Colonial Resistance by Celtic Tribes, which …
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Pastoralism, Agriculture, and Stress: A Comparative Analysis of Two 19th Century Qing Dynasty Populations
… improve anthropological understandings of mobile pastoralism as a strategy for the exploitation of marginal environments, this study tests the hypothesis that a mobile, diffuse, pastoralist population is less likely to experience elevated physiological stress than a comparatively sedentary, …
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Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa: New Concerns, Old Arguments?
… effects of climatic and other forms of change on pastoralism in Africa, less is known about how recent policy responses and development interventions in the name of climate change and pastoral area development are shaped by certain discourses and narratives and by political interests. This is …
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Semi-nomadic pastoralism and the conservation of biodiversity in the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa
… presented here is about traditional semi-nomadic pastoralism and the conservation of biodiversity in a semi-arid South African National Park. The aim was to help improve farmer livelihoods without compromising the unique biodiversity of the area, especially the succulent plants. The thesis sets …
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The Ecology of Pastoralism in Relation to Changing Patterns of Land Use in the Northeast Peloponnese
From the Introduction: The principal aim of this dissertation is to analyse the form and effectiveness of the adaptations of village pastoralists in the Argolid under conditions of agricultural intensification, changing land use, increasing market penetration and cash flow, and general population …
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Beyond pastoralism : through community gardens to a model of sustainable design and a metaphor of integration
This thesis demonstrates the necessity of looking at cities as a component part of "nature." It seeks a common denominator for sustainable design in three simplified principles and outlines a method for evaluating the built environment according to these principles. And it suggests how community …
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COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL POLICIES AND NOMADIC PASTORALISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE BORANA OF NORTHERN KENYA, 1890-1990
… neither led to a complete end to Borana nomadic pastoralism, nor did they bring the Borana too close to the center. The Borana responded to the policies innovatively neither totally rejecting them nor wholly incorporating them. This dissertation examines the social and economic impact of colonial …
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Assessment of the extent in which Pastoralism can contribute to the Improvement of quality of life of Communities In Tanzania. The Case of Olkesmet Simanjiro District
… was the Assessment of the extent in which Pastoralism can contribute to the Improvement of quality of life of Communities in Tanzania. The Case of Olkesmet Simanjiro District” The study was necessited by the need to assist the pastoralists in Simanjiro to increase their income and have …
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Pastoralist systems of the Roggeveld in the 18th and 19th centuries
… The region went from small-scale subsistence pastoralism to commercial and global scale Merino wool production, which fully integrated the Roggeveld into the economy of the colony. This dissertation looks at this sequence through the identification and mapping of the infrastructure of …
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Ilng'wesi Maasai: Livelihoods and Moral Identity in Northern Laikipia, Kenya
Recent literature on pastoralism tends to either portray it as a largely maladaptive practice on the brink of collapse, or as a highly adaptive set of practices that enable resilience in the face of change and uncertainty. This dissertation seeks to find a solution to this impasse and contribute to …
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By the Community, for the Community: An Investigation of Participatory Video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists, Ethiopia
… are one of the last Oromo groups to practice pastoralism and Oromo traditions such as the Gadaa system and Waaqeffata, the Oromo religion. However, they are struggling due to a range of pressures, including the recent introduction of a large scale irrigation scheme which aims to convert them …
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Call school: A history of rural education in the Midwest to 1918
… the rural traditions of pietism, localism, and pastoralism are examined as major components of agrarian ideology. Each in a significant way suggests that rural people often believed there were limitations to the benefits of common schools.
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A Paleoethnobotanical Analysis of Three Formative Period Wankarani Sites Located in the Department of Oruro, Bolivia
… are often cited as an example of early camelid pastoralism in South America. However, research on early camelid pastoralism has ignored the importance of plants, especially the cultivation of domesticated plants in this region. The Wankarani people lived in the central altiplano of the …
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Klipfonteinrand 2 : a sign of the times
… Cape has been directed towards the question of pastoralism and its effect on the local gatherer-hunters. Consequently a model has arisen out of this research and observations have been built around it to create a supportive picture of the past. Evidence from Klipfonteinrand 2 (KFR2 ), in the …
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