Trees and spaces as emotion and norm laden components of local ecosystems in Nyamaropa communal land, Nyanga District, Zimbabwe

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-372

  Mandondo, Alois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Controls; Decentralization; Emancipatory visions; Spaces; Sympathetic visions; Trees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000930764     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007498110104     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. AGRITEX (1987), "Agritex crop sample survey 1986-87, Nyanga District." Harare: Government Printer.
2. Anderson, E. N. (1996), Ecologies of the heart: Emotion, belief and the environment. New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Barker, D. (1979), "Appropriate methodology: An example using a traditional African board game," IDS Bulletin 10: 37-40.
4. Beach, D. N. (1980), The Shona and Zimbabwe 900-1850: An outline of Shona history. Gweruo: Mambo Press.
5. Beinart, W. (1984), "Soil erosion, conservationism and ideas about development: A Southern African exploration 1900-1960," Journal of Southern African Studies 11: 52-83.
6. Belshaw, D. (1979), "Taking indigenous technology seriously: The case of intercropping techniques in East Africa," IDS Bulletin 10: 24-27.
7. Berry, S. (1993), No condition is permanent: The social dynamics of agrarian change in sub-Saharan Africa. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
8. Bourdillon, M. F. C. (1979), "The cults of Dzivaguru and Karuva amongst the north-eastern Shona peoples," in J. M. Schoffeleers (ed.), Guardians of the land: Essays on central African territorial cults. Gwelo: Mambo Press.
9. Bourdillon, M. F. C. (1987), The Shonapeoples: An ethnography of the contemporary Shona, with special reference to their religion. Gweru: Mambo Press.
10. Brinn, P. J. (1987), "Communal land physical resource inventory: Nyanga district." Harare: Chemistry and Soils Research Institute, Soils Report No. A539.
11. CSO, Central Statistical Office (1992), "Zimbabwe population census, 1992: Preliminary results." Harare: Central Statistical Office.
12. Chambers, R. (1983), Rural development: Putting the last first. London: Longmans.
13. Chandrakanth, M. G., and J. Romm (1991), "Sacred forests, secular forest policies and peoples actions," Natural Resources Journal 31: 741-756.
14. Clarke, J. (1994), "Guidelines for understanding and building on existing woodland management practices in Zimbabwe's communal areas," in Proceedings of the Conference on "Indigenous Woodland Management." Harare, Zimbabwe.
15. Dahlberg, K. A. (1988), "Ethical and value issues in international agricultural research," Agriculture and Human Values 5(1/2): 101-111.
16. den Biggelaar, C. (1991), "Indigenous agricultural knowledge systems and development," Agriculture and Human Values 8(1/2): 25-37.
17. Dewees, P. A. (1987), "Project completion report: Zimbabwe rural afforestation project." Paper prepared for the World Bank (Mimeo).
18. Donnelly-Roarke, P. (1994), "Dangers and opportunities: Indigenous knowledge systems and natural resource conservation," in J. Z. Z. Matowanyika, V. Garibaldi, and E. Musimwa (eds.), Indigenous knowledge systems and natural resource management in Southern Africa (pp. 79-84). Harare: IUCN-ROSA.
19. Drinkwater, M. (1994), "Knowledge, consciousness and prejudice: Adaptive agricultural research in Zambia," in I. Scoones, and J. Thompson (eds.), Beyond farmer first: Rural people's knowledge, agricultural research and extensionpractice (pp. 32-41). London: Intermediate Technology Publications.
20. Fairfax, S. K., and H. Ingram (1991), "No theory, No apology: A brief comment on the state of the art in natural resource policy and articles herein," Natural Resources Journal 30: 259-262.
21. Fairhead, J. (n.d.), Indigenous technical knowledge and natural resource management in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical review. Kent, UK: Chatham Maritime.
22. Francis, J. G. (1990), "Natural resources, contending theoretical perspectives and the problem of prescription: An essay," Natural Resources Journal 30: 263-282.
23. Fortmann, L., and C. Nhira (1992), "Local management of trees and woodland resources in Zimbabwe: A tenurial niche approach." Harare: Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, CASS Occasional Paper Series.
24. Gadgil, M., and V. D. Vartak (1976), "The sacred groves of the western Ghats in India," Economic Botany 30: 152-160.
25. Gelfand, M. (1973), The Genuine Shona. Gwelo: Mambo Press.
26. Gelfand, M. (1974), "The Mhondoro cult among the Manyika peoples of the eastern region of Mashonaland," NADA 11: 64-95.
27. Gelfand, M. (1977), The Spiritual Beliefs of the Shona. Gwelo: Mambo Press.
28. Goldstein, G., and G. Sarmiento (1985), "Water relations of trees and grasses and their consequences for savanna vegetation," in B. H. Walker (ed.), Determinants of tropical Savannas (pp. 13-38). Oxford: IRL Press.
29. GOZ, Government of Zimbabwe (1991), "Protected species of animals and plants in Zimbabwe." A Departmental Report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management, Harare, Zimbabwe.
30. Grant, P. M. (1976), "Peasant farming on infertile sands," Rhodesia Science News 10: 252-254.
31. Guha, R. (1990), "Towards a cross cultural environmental ethic," Alternatives 15: 431-447.
32. Hardin, G. (1968), "The tragedy of the commons," Science 162: 1243-1248.
33. Howes, M., and R. Chambers (1979), Indigenous technical knowledge: Analysis, implications and issues, IDS Bulletin 10(2): 5-11.
34. IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (1980), World conservation strategy: Living resource conservation for sustainable development. Gland: IUCN.
35. IUCN (1991), Caring for the earth: A strategy for sustainable living. Gland: IUCN.
36. Malinowski, B. (1922), Argonauts of the western Pacific. New York: Dutton.
37. Malinowski, B. (1944), A scientific theory of culture. Raleigh: University of Carolina Press.
38. Malinowski, B. (1948), Magic, science and religion. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
39. Mandondo, A. (1993), Ownership and management and performance of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Murewa and Mutoko districts of Zimbabwe. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, University of Zimbabwe.
40. Mandondo, A. (in prep), "Participation for sustainable management: A problematic." Harare: University of Zimbabwe: Institute of Environmental Studies.
41. Matowanyika, J. Z. Z. (1991), Indigenous resource management and sustainability in rural Zimbabwe: An exploration of practices and concepts in commonlands. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Waterloo.
42. Matowanyika, J. Z. Z. (1994), "What are the issues on indigenous knowledge systems in southern Africa: Some issues of relevance in linking indigenous systems to sustainable resource management in southern Africa," in J. Z. Z. Matowanyika, V. Garibaldi, and E. Musimwa (eds.), Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa (pp. 51-61). Harare: IUCN-ROSA.
43. Matowanyika, J. Z. Z., and A. Mandondo (1994), In the shadow of Mount Muozi: Indigenous knowledge systems as ecological prudence in the sustainable management of a common property resource comprising terraced mountain slopes in Nyanga district of Zimbabwe. Harare: IUCN-ROSA.
44. McCorkle, C. (1989), "Towards a knowledge of local knowledge and its importance for agricultural RD and E," Agriculture and Human Values 6(3): 4-12.
45. McGregor, J. (1989), "Coping with deforestation: Local strategies and state policy in Zimbabwe's communal lands." Seminar presented at Loughborough University, Department of Geography, June 14, 1989.
46. McNamara, K. (1993), "Key policy issues," in P. N. Bradley, and K. McNamara (eds.), Living with trees: Policies for forestry management in Zimbabwe. Washington, DC: World Bank, Technical Paper No. 210, 9 pp.
47. Mukamuri, B. B. (1995), Making sense of forestry: A political and contextual study of forestry practices in rural Zimbabwe. Ph.D. thesis, University of Tampere.
48. Murphree, M. W. (1992), "Participation or proprietorship: the central issue." Draft paper outline for discussion. WWF Workshop: People, Parks and Participation: Creating Effective Linkages, Belagio, August 24-28, 1992.
49. Page, S. L. J., and H. E. Page (1991), "Western hegemony over African agriculture in southern Rhodesia and its threat to continuing food security in Zimbabwe," Agriculture and Human Values 8(4): 3-18.
50. Phimister, I. (1988), An economic and social history of Zimbabwe 1890-1948: Capital accumulation and class struggle. London: Longman.
51. Rappaport, R. A. (1967), Pigs for the ancestors: Ritual in the ecology of a New Guinea people. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
52. Rappaport, R. A. (1969), "Regulation of environmental relations among a New Guinea people," in E. P. Vayda (ed.), Environmental and cultural behavior (pp. 181-201). New York: Natural History Press.
53. Richards, P. (1979), "Community environmental knowledge in African rural development," IDS Bulletin 10: 28-36.
54. Rocheleau, D. (1992), "Shared use of private and public property: The commons between." Draft for discussion, Graduate School of Geography, Clarke University.
55. Schoffeleers, J. M. (1978), Guardians of the Land. Gwelo: Mambo Press.
56. Shiva, V. (1987), "The violence of reductionist science," Alternatives 12: 243-261.
57. Smith, A. ([1776] 1937), The wealth of nations. New York: The Modern Library.
58. Stagman, J. G. (1978), "An outline of the geology of Rhodesia." Salisbury: Government Printer. Rhodesia Geological Bulletin No. 80.
59. Surveyor General (1985), Zimbabwe Land Classification Map (1:1 000 000). Harare: Department of the Surveyor General.
60. Swift, J. (1979), "Notes on traditional knowledge and rural development," IDS Bulletin 10: 41-43.
61. Thrupp, L. A. (1989), "Legitimizing local knowledge: From displacement to empowerment for third world people," Agriculture and Human Values 6(3): 13-24.
62. Turner, V. (1967), A Forest of Symbols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
63. UNEP (1992), "Convention on Biological Diversity." Nairobi: UNEP.
64. Vincent, V., and R. G. Thomas (1960), An agricultural survey of southern Rhodesia, Part 1, Agroecological Survey. Salisbury: Government Printer.
65. Watts, W. (1992), "Space for everything: A commentary," Journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology 7: 115-129.
66. Walker, B. H. (1985), "A general model of savanna structure and function," in B. H. Walker (ed.), Determinants of Tropical Savannas (pp. 1-12). Oxford: IRL Press.
67. WCED, World Commission on Environment and Development (1987), Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
68. Woodley, E. (1991), "Indigenous ecological knowledge systems and development," Agriculture and Human Values 8(1/2): 173-178.
69. Zimmerman, E. W. (1951), World Resources and Industries. New York: Harper.