John Galaty
Biographic Data
| ID | 92406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Galaty |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Galaty |
| SIGNATURE | GALATY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of AnthropologyMcGill University855, rue Sherbrooke OuestMontréal (Québec) H3A 2T7Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Boundary-Making and Pastoral Conflict along the Kenyan-Ethiopian Borderlands
Boundaries are technologies of power and knowledge that shape spatial and social realities and our understandings of them. This article examines the effects of boundary-making between Kenya and Ethiopia, and investigates the effects of borders on states of peace and conflict among Turkana, Samburu, Borana, Gabra, and Dassanetch of northern Kenya. If borders divide people, people benefit nonetheless from the environmental, social, and political en…
Institutional factors affecting wild edible plant (WEP) harvest and consumption in semi-arid Kenya
Pervasive food insecurity and poverty in much of the world drives vulnerable populations to harvest natural resources as a means of generating income and meeting other household needs. Wild edible plants (WEPs) are a particularly common and effective coping strategy used to increase socio-ecological resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa where agricultural systems are often sensitive to environmental perturbations and instability. WEPs are collected ac…
Vue sur la violence
Dans un climat de conflits civils récurrents, le Kenya a vu s'accroître la violence locale et les razzias entre les communautés de pasteurs le long de son aride frontière nord. La violence transgresse les frontières et affecte les identités, qu'il s'agisse de personnes, de communautés ou de nations. Ce jeu de frontières, d'identités et de valeurs est illustré avec le compte rendu d'une attaque que les Turkana ont perpétrée en 1996 contre les Samb…
Abstracts and Reviews
NEXT ARTICLEAbstracts and Reviews : UPROOTING AND DEVELOPMENT: DILEMMAS OF COPING WITH MODERNIZATION. Edited by GEORGE V. COELHO and PAUL I. AHMED. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. 538 pages, $27.50; STRANGERS IN THE WORLD. Edited by LEO EITINGER and DAVID SCHWARZ. Berne: Hans Huber, 1981. 328 pages, Sw. Fr. 41
Abstracts and Reviews
Abstracts and Reviews
NEXT ARTICLEAbstracts and Reviews : THE EVIL EYE edited by CLARENCE MALONEY. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. 335 pages. $15.00
Boundary-Making and Pastoral Conflict along the Kenyan-Ethiopian Borderlands
Boundaries are technologies of power and knowledge that shape spatial and social realities and our understandings of them. This article examines the effects of boundary-making between Kenya and Ethiopia, and investigates the effects of borders on states of peace and conflict among Turkana, Samburu, Borana, Gabra, and Dassanetch of northern Kenya. If borders divide people, people benefit nonetheless from the environmental, social, and political en…
Institutional factors affecting wild edible plant (WEP) harvest and consumption in semi-arid Kenya
Pervasive food insecurity and poverty in much of the world drives vulnerable populations to harvest natural resources as a means of generating income and meeting other household needs. Wild edible plants (WEPs) are a particularly common and effective coping strategy used to increase socio-ecological resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa where agricultural systems are often sensitive to environmental perturbations and instability. WEPs are collected ac…
Vue sur la violence
Dans un climat de conflits civils récurrents, le Kenya a vu s'accroître la violence locale et les razzias entre les communautés de pasteurs le long de son aride frontière nord. La violence transgresse les frontières et affecte les identités, qu'il s'agisse de personnes, de communautés ou de nations. Ce jeu de frontières, d'identités et de valeurs est illustré avec le compte rendu d'une attaque que les Turkana ont perpétrée en 1996 contre les Samb…
Abstracts and Reviews
Abstracts and Reviews
NEXT ARTICLEAbstracts and Reviews : THE EVIL EYE edited by CLARENCE MALONEY. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. 335 pages. $15.00
Abstracts and Reviews
NEXT ARTICLEAbstracts and Reviews : UPROOTING AND DEVELOPMENT: DILEMMAS OF COPING WITH MODERNIZATION. Edited by GEORGE V. COELHO and PAUL I. AHMED. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. 538 pages, $27.50; STRANGERS IN THE WORLD. Edited by LEO EITINGER and DAVID SCHWARZ. Berne: Hans Huber, 1981. 328 pages, Sw. Fr. 41
Vue sur la violence
Dans un climat de conflits civils récurrents, le Kenya a vu s'accroître la violence locale et les razzias entre les communautés de pasteurs le long de son aride frontière nord. La violence transgresse les frontières et affecte les identités, qu'il s'agisse de personnes, de communautés ou de nations. Ce jeu de frontières, d'identités et de valeurs est illustré avec le compte rendu d'une attaque que les Turkana ont perpétrée en 1996 contre les Samb…
Institutional factors affecting wild edible plant (WEP) harvest and consumption in semi-arid Kenya
Pervasive food insecurity and poverty in much of the world drives vulnerable populations to harvest natural resources as a means of generating income and meeting other household needs. Wild edible plants (WEPs) are a particularly common and effective coping strategy used to increase socio-ecological resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa where agricultural systems are often sensitive to environmental perturbations and instability. WEPs are collected ac…
Boundary-Making and Pastoral Conflict along the Kenyan-Ethiopian Borderlands
Boundaries are technologies of power and knowledge that shape spatial and social realities and our understandings of them. This article examines the effects of boundary-making between Kenya and Ethiopia, and investigates the effects of borders on states of peace and conflict among Turkana, Samburu, Borana, Gabra, and Dassanetch of northern Kenya. If borders divide people, people benefit nonetheless from the environmental, social, and political en…
Political science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management science (2 works)