Youth Experiences with Wildlife During a Period of Significant Cultural Change in Laikipia, Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15326734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca E W Thomas (0000-0003-2528-7258), Rebecca Thomas (0000-0002-7838-015X, Colorado State University, corresponding author), Brett L Bruyere (0000-0001-7802-5468, Colorado State University), Brett Bruyere, Siva R Sundaresan (Denver Zoo), Siva Sundaresan, Suzy Bouzo (Colorado State University), Robert F Welden (Colorado State University), Robert Welden, Jon Trimarco (Colorado State University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-146 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10871209.2015.968891 |
| OpenAlex | W2045920836 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
In Laikipia, Kenya, youth are increasingly likely to attend school and less likely to spend time in the landscape as pastoralists when compared with preceding generations. A possible unintended outcome of this transition is a change in how youth experience and relate to wildlife. This article addressed the research question: How do youth in Laikipia experience wildlife? When asked to share an essay about a personal experience with wildlife, most of the respondents recalled negative direct experiences that involved human–wildlife conflict. Negative emotions were expressed more often than positive emotions. Since these experiences may contribute to an overall attitude about wildlife, the result is potentially troubling. This paradoxical outcome of greater access to education and less time spent in the landscape may lead to a future generation of decision-makers with an ambivalent or negative attitude toward wildlife
Ambivalence · Geography · Livestock · Maasai · Pastoralism · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Unintended consequences · Wildlife · Animal and Plant Science Education · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |