Displaced - The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement

Informationen zum Autor Olivia Bennett and Christopher McDowell Klappentext A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity! identity! shifts in family responsibilities! gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities. Zusammenfassung A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity! identity! shifts in family responsibilities! gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Moving People: States! Displacement! and Resettlement The Individual Voice: The Challenges and Benefits of Listening to Personal Narratives 'We had a set way of life. All that has been disturbed': Tarbela Dam! Pakistan 'I have lost status in my community': Conservation and Agricultural Production in Kenya 'The people's place became the animals' place': Resettlement Policies and Conservation in Botswana and Namibia 'Our fields have gone! our lifestyle has changed': Coal Mining in India 'The wisdom of living in this place will be lost': Mohale Dam! Lesotho! before Resettlement 'I do not have the cleverness for here': Mohale Dam! Lesotho! after Displacement Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: O. Bennett, Olivia Bennett, Olivia Mcdowell Bennett, C. McDowell, Christopher McDowell
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.05.2012
• EAN: 9780230117853
• ISBN: 978-0-230-11785-3
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Oral History; Palgrave Studies in Oral Histo; Palgrave Studies in Oral History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura