Abstract:This thesis aims to explore the politicization of land in a local setting in Kenya. The purpose is to study how access to land is justified through histories about relational property and belonging. The notion of deep politics is used in order to suggest that these histories of property and belonging not only transform the meanings of land but also the meanings of politics. The empirical chapters describe how the ordeals of the high politics of the state-such as the creation of settlement schemes, the provisio… Show more
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