Long-term dynamics of pastoral ecology in northern Kenya: An old model for new resilience

Wright, David K.

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101068

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“…These pastoralist groups have a long history of mitigating climate changes and water shortages through migrating with livestock to find alternative water sources and pasture as needed (Kefale & Gebresenbet, 2012; Hildebrand et al, 2018). Based on archeological records, pastoralists in the Turkana basin have been highly resilient to changing environmental conditions; however, that resilience has been undermined in the last century by changing social and climatic conditions (Wright, 2019).…”

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“…Among pastoralist communities, climate resilience has historically been linked to their mobility and broad social networks (Robinson & Berkes, 2010; Pearson et al, 2015). These adaptations allowed them to mitigate the impact of water scarcity by moving herds, limiting herd size, or selling livestock for goods needed to survive during periods of limited water availability (Wright, 2019). Yet, with changing environmental and social conditions, many pastoralists may no longer be able to rely on previous strategies, such as moving their homes and livestock, to cope with water shortages (Wright, 2019).…”

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“…These adaptations allowed them to mitigate the impact of water scarcity by moving herds, limiting herd size, or selling livestock for goods needed to survive during periods of limited water availability (Wright, 2019). Yet, with changing environmental and social conditions, many pastoralists may no longer be able to rely on previous strategies, such as moving their homes and livestock, to cope with water shortages (Wright, 2019). Instead, some pastoralist groups have had to resort to alternative solutions, such as buying, sharing, or changing to distant but more reliable water sources in order to cope with water shortages (Pearson et al, 2015; Wutich et al, 2018).…”

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Water Insecurity, Water Borrowing, and Psychosocial Stress Among Daasanach Pastoralists in Northern Kenya

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Bethancourt

Swanson

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This article quantifies Daasanach water insecurity experiences in Northern Kenya, examines how water insecurity is associated with water borrowing and psychosocial stress, and evaluates if water borrowing mitigates the stress from water insecurity. Of 133 households interviewed in 7 communities, 95% were water insecure and 74.4% borrowed water three or more times in the prior month. Regression analyses demonstrate water borrowing frequency moderates the relationship between water insecurity and psychosocial stress. Only those who rarely or never borrowed water reported greater stress with higher water insecurity. The coping mechanism of water borrowing may help blunt water insecurity-related stress.

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Water Insecurity, Water Borrowing, and Psychosocial Stress Among Daasanach Pastoralists in Northern Kenya

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Swanson

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“…Excavations and analyses spanning a wide array of time periods and locations attest to a heterogeneity in African pastoralist systems and forms of adaptation that seems to defy unequivocal classification entirely [47][48][49][50][51]. Recently, analyses of this rich historical record have underpinned investigations into land-cover change in East Africa over the longue durée, which have sought to elucidate the formative role that pastoralist settlements have played in shaping local eco-dynamics [52][53][54]. It has also been deployed to critically assess the perpetually looming fear of 'overgrazing' and to emphasise the general sustainability and importance (in terms of ecosystem biodiversity) of pastoralist systems of production [55].…”

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Divining the Future: Making Sense of Ecological Uncertainty in Turkana, Northern Kenya

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This article draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork to examine some recent livelihood transformations that have taken place in the Turkana region of northern Kenya. In doing so, it discusses some of the ways in which uncertainty and variability have been managed in Turkana to date and considers what this means in relation to a future that promises continued radical economic and ecological change. Discussing a selection of examples, we argue that understandings of contemporary transformative processes are enhanced through attention to the ways in which various forms of knowledge have been constituted and implemented over the long term. We suggest that ongoing transformations within livelihood practices, inter-livelihood relationships and corresponding patterns of mobility might best be understood as manifestations of a long-standing capacity for successfully managing the very uncertainty that characterises daily life.

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“…2019; Fernández, Moshenska, and Iriarte 2019; Lichtenberger et al. 2019; Ullah, Chang, and Tourtellotte 2019; Wright 2019). Several concepts regularly frame and inform these approaches, and they include societal collapse, sustainability, and resilience (Nicoll and Zerboni, in press).…”

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Confronting the Present: Archaeology in 2019

Rosenzweig

2020

American Anthropologist

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Postmodernity has a distinctly pre‐apocalyptic feel to it, and this feeling has seeped into archaeology. A review of the scholarship from 2019 attests that archaeologists are having to reckon with present‐day conditions and phenomena as they structure their research, delineate the material world, and affirm archaeology's relevance. Furthermore, these concerns have moved from the realm of the rarely spoken and come to constitute a critical conversation in the field. In a number of respects, the contours of archaeology now hinge upon the discipline's responses to developments in real time, including: How can archaeological knowledge production escape the logistical and epistemological bounds of late capitalism and its failures? Can archaeology contribute to future‐building, and what would that look like? Does archaeology have to be scholar‐activism to achieve the goal of making the past matter (to whom) (for what)? [archaeology, contemporary archaeology, future archaeology, current issues]

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Long-term dynamics of pastoral ecology in northern Kenya: An old model for new resilience

Cited by 19 publications

References 141 publications

Water Insecurity, Water Borrowing, and Psychosocial Stress Among Daasanach Pastoralists in Northern Kenya

Water Insecurity, Water Borrowing, and Psychosocial Stress Among Daasanach Pastoralists in Northern Kenya

Divining the Future: Making Sense of Ecological Uncertainty in Turkana, Northern Kenya

Confronting the Present: Archaeology in 2019

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