Event overview
Abstract: Historical ecology research provides archaeologically and anthropologically informed understandings of the historical shaping of landscapes. Because of its long-term approach, it generally focuses on ‘organic’ human-nature relations rather than those under ‘modern’ nature regimes, to use Escobar’s distinction. Yet many parts of the world have by now experienced over a century of colonial and post-colonial environmental policies, which have played an integral role in changing human-nature relations and landscapes. A historical ecology that takes account of policy is therefore not only feasible but also crucial for understanding contemporary landscapes. Moreover, such a long-term, holistic analysis provides valuable insights into policy processes themselves that are missed in more conventional short-term policy analysis. This paper illustrates this through two studies on forest policy in Africa: forest reservation in the Nigerian rainforest and tree planting in the Pare Mountains of North-eastern Tanzania. Tracing both of these over the course of the 20th century, it highlights the very different ways in which forest policies have changed African landscapes.
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| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 14 Dec 2011 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
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