... Around the royal Antankarana village, for example, people were actively transforming forest i... more ... Around the royal Antankarana village, for example, people were actively transforming forest into farmland in 1993, despite the presence of the Project. ... Hosier (1989, 1835) stated that "it is the production from agroforestry systems that makes it an attractive land-use system for ...
As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological persp... more As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological perspective is the ability to remain flexible in order to accommodate the unknown, especially in fieldwork. Although Lisa Gezon had planned on conducting straight academic research in northern Madagascar this past summer (2007), this research unexpectedly allowed her also to embrace the roles of professor and advocate. Although Alex Totomarovario had planned on being mainly a research facilitator, he found himself directly engaged in research and faced with issues of advocacy—or at least expert status. He also benefitted from this research experience by envisioning how getting his students involved in academic research can further his program's goal of preparing students of the English language for professional employment. This has encouraged us to think about both research and teaching, or "knowledge transfer," as important forms of anthropological practice. It also raises issues of anthropological ethics (and professional ethics in general, for Alex is not formally trained as an anthropologist) and the place for advocacy.
Ethnology an International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Mar 22, 1997
... the rules of the project was less of a priority for the Ampanjaka, and he chose instead to ma... more ... the rules of the project was less of a priority for the Ampanjaka, and he chose instead to maintain his positive connection to the Antankarana people and ... But arguably their most important strength lay in numbers, which made them in effect more powerful than their challengers. ...
ABSTRACT Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. Th... more ABSTRACT Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose of this paper is to investigate khat's multiple effects, broadly defined to include impacts on producers, traders, and consumers, as well as on the biophysical environment, in northern Madagascar. Design/methodology/approach ‐ This primarily ethnographic study (conducted from 2004 to 2010), includes observation, semi-structured interviews, and orally administered questionnaires. Findings ‐ Khat's effects include strain on the household budgets of consumers, but increased earnings to producers and traders. In addition, there is some evidence of consumers' strained primary social relationships, yet khat chewing is also positively linked with new forms of urban multiethnic identity. Research limitations/implications ‐ To evaluate a drug's overall effects, it is critical to understand it within wide-ranging political, economic, biological, and cultural contexts. Many studies of drugs focus on only one component. While this makes for more manageable research designs, it obscures the complex interplay of numerous factors. This impedes general understanding and furthermore makes it difficult to design broadly effective, multisector intervention strategies. Originality/value ‐ This analysis reveals the intricacy of khat's effects in Madagascar while programmatically proposing a model for doing research with policy implications on other psychotropic substances.
Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose... more Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose of this paper is to investigate khat's multiple effects, broadly defined to include impacts on producers, traders, and consumers, as well as on the biophysical environment, in northern Madagascar. Design/methodology/approach ‐ This primarily ethnographic study (conducted from 2004 to 2010), includes observation, semi-structured interviews, and orally administered questionnaires. Findings ‐ Khat's effects include strain on the household budgets of consumers, but increased earnings to producers and traders. In addition, there is some evidence of consumers' strained primary social relationships, yet khat chewing is also positively linked with new forms of urban multiethnic identity. Research limitations/implications ‐ To evaluate a drug's overall effects, it is critical to understand it within wide-ranging political, economic, biological, and cultural contexts. Many studies...
As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological persp... more As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological perspective is the ability to remain flexible in order to accommodate the unknown, especially in fieldwork. Although Lisa Gezon had planned on conducting straight academic research in northern Madagascar this past summer (2007), this research unexpectedly allowed her also to embrace the roles of professor and advocate. Although Alex Totomarovario had planned on being mainly a research facilitator, he found himself directly engaged in research and faced with issues of advocacy—or at least expert status. He also benefitted from this research experience by envisioning how getting his students involved in academic research can further his program's goal of preparing students of the English language for professional employment. This has encouraged us to think about both research and teaching, or "knowledge transfer," as important forms of anthropological practice. It also raises issues of anthropological ethics (and professional ethics in general, for Alex is not formally trained as an anthropologist) and the place for advocacy.
... Around the royal Antankarana village, for example, people were actively transforming forest i... more ... Around the royal Antankarana village, for example, people were actively transforming forest into farmland in 1993, despite the presence of the Project. ... Hosier (1989, 1835) stated that "it is the production from agroforestry systems that makes it an attractive land-use system for ...
As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological persp... more As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological perspective is the ability to remain flexible in order to accommodate the unknown, especially in fieldwork. Although Lisa Gezon had planned on conducting straight academic research in northern Madagascar this past summer (2007), this research unexpectedly allowed her also to embrace the roles of professor and advocate. Although Alex Totomarovario had planned on being mainly a research facilitator, he found himself directly engaged in research and faced with issues of advocacy—or at least expert status. He also benefitted from this research experience by envisioning how getting his students involved in academic research can further his program's goal of preparing students of the English language for professional employment. This has encouraged us to think about both research and teaching, or "knowledge transfer," as important forms of anthropological practice. It also raises issues of anthropological ethics (and professional ethics in general, for Alex is not formally trained as an anthropologist) and the place for advocacy.
Ethnology an International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Mar 22, 1997
... the rules of the project was less of a priority for the Ampanjaka, and he chose instead to ma... more ... the rules of the project was less of a priority for the Ampanjaka, and he chose instead to maintain his positive connection to the Antankarana people and ... But arguably their most important strength lay in numbers, which made them in effect more powerful than their challengers. ...
ABSTRACT Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. Th... more ABSTRACT Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose of this paper is to investigate khat's multiple effects, broadly defined to include impacts on producers, traders, and consumers, as well as on the biophysical environment, in northern Madagascar. Design/methodology/approach ‐ This primarily ethnographic study (conducted from 2004 to 2010), includes observation, semi-structured interviews, and orally administered questionnaires. Findings ‐ Khat's effects include strain on the household budgets of consumers, but increased earnings to producers and traders. In addition, there is some evidence of consumers' strained primary social relationships, yet khat chewing is also positively linked with new forms of urban multiethnic identity. Research limitations/implications ‐ To evaluate a drug's overall effects, it is critical to understand it within wide-ranging political, economic, biological, and cultural contexts. Many studies of drugs focus on only one component. While this makes for more manageable research designs, it obscures the complex interplay of numerous factors. This impedes general understanding and furthermore makes it difficult to design broadly effective, multisector intervention strategies. Originality/value ‐ This analysis reveals the intricacy of khat's effects in Madagascar while programmatically proposing a model for doing research with policy implications on other psychotropic substances.
Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose... more Purpose –Khat is a bushy plant whose leaves are chewed for a mild amphetamine effect. The purpose of this paper is to investigate khat's multiple effects, broadly defined to include impacts on producers, traders, and consumers, as well as on the biophysical environment, in northern Madagascar. Design/methodology/approach ‐ This primarily ethnographic study (conducted from 2004 to 2010), includes observation, semi-structured interviews, and orally administered questionnaires. Findings ‐ Khat's effects include strain on the household budgets of consumers, but increased earnings to producers and traders. In addition, there is some evidence of consumers' strained primary social relationships, yet khat chewing is also positively linked with new forms of urban multiethnic identity. Research limitations/implications ‐ To evaluate a drug's overall effects, it is critical to understand it within wide-ranging political, economic, biological, and cultural contexts. Many studies...
As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological persp... more As we learn and teach in introductory courses, one of the key assets of the anthropological perspective is the ability to remain flexible in order to accommodate the unknown, especially in fieldwork. Although Lisa Gezon had planned on conducting straight academic research in northern Madagascar this past summer (2007), this research unexpectedly allowed her also to embrace the roles of professor and advocate. Although Alex Totomarovario had planned on being mainly a research facilitator, he found himself directly engaged in research and faced with issues of advocacy—or at least expert status. He also benefitted from this research experience by envisioning how getting his students involved in academic research can further his program's goal of preparing students of the English language for professional employment. This has encouraged us to think about both research and teaching, or "knowledge transfer," as important forms of anthropological practice. It also raises issues of anthropological ethics (and professional ethics in general, for Alex is not formally trained as an anthropologist) and the place for advocacy.
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