Gunnar M Sorbo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 83217 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gunnar M Sorbo |
| NOMBRES | Gunnar M |
| APELLIDO | Sorbo |
| FIRMA | SORBO G M |
| AFILIACIONES | Chr. Michelsen Institute |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1987 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Tom Scott-Smith, On an Empty Stomach
Øivind Fuglerud
For litt over 10 år siden, i mai 2009, ble den langvarige krigen mellom regjeringshæren på Sri Lanka og Tamil-tigrene avsluttet på blodig vis. På en liten landtunge i den nordøstlige delen av landet ble Tigrenes ledere og tusenvis av tamiler drept i et massivt bombardement som varte i mange dager
Norsk antropologi og utvikling
Litt forenklet går det an å si at det fins to fortellinger omforholdet mellom norsk antropologi og utviklingshjelp. Den ene dreierseg om å bli hørt og brukt av beslutningstakere; den andre om teoretiske ogmetodiske utfordringer knyttet til anvendelse av antropologisk kunnskapfor å adressere utviklingsrelaterte problemer. Arne Martin Klausenvar en viktig stemme i den første fortellingen, Fredrik Barth i denandre. Denne artikkelen har fokus på 1970…
Livelihoods, Conflicts and Ethnicity
This article reflects upon a long-lasting cooperation within anthropological research between the University of Bergen and the University of Khartoum, which later also came to involve other institutions on both sides. The Norwegian engagement in Sudan started in 1963 with a piece of applied anthropology by Fredrik Barth. It focused on livelihoods in Darfur, the main objective being to influence decisions affecting half a million people, mostly no…
Kriser og kriger – er det bruk for ossnå
Sammendrag Siden slutten av 1980-tallet har det vært liten etterspørsel etter antropologikompetanse i internasjonale bistandsorganisasjoner. Dette skyldes primært en kombinasjon av paradigme-skifter i bistanden og selvforskyldt marginalisering. Men integrasjonen mellom utenriks- og bistandspolitikk og et større engasjement i land preget av dype konflikter har økt behovet for etnografiske tilnærminger for å forstå lokale konflikter, dempe dem, ana…
Justice by Default? – Dealing with Accountability Issues in Sudan
Pursuing Justice in Darfur
Local violence and international intervention in Sudan
The efforts of the international community to build peace in Sudan have been frustrated by the failure to stop the violence in Darfur, continuous setbacks in the implementation of the 2005 peace agreement, and a failure to remain sufficiently engaged with processes at the root of the violence. This applies particularly to local conflicts and the ways in which they interlock with national and regional conflicts. This paper highlights the role that…
International Development and Development Cooperation
It is likely that the international aid system will continue to evolve along one major axis in the years to come, with a fragmented, foreign-policy focus at one end, and a more deliberate poverty focus at the other. This follows from the increasing securitisation of aid that, particularly after the events of 9/11, is likely to shift aid distribution away from where it may have the largest impact on poverty. While the current (post-Washington) con…
Pastoral Ecosystems and the Issue of Scale
This paper uses examples from Kenya and the Sudan to argue that the scale at which we pitch our analysis when trying to identify the basic properties of pastoral ecosystems may not be appropriate when it comes to recommending policy measures to secure the continued viability of pastoral herding. Pastoral households are always parts of large-scale economic and social structures. In many cases, such integration has provided the basis for the contin…
Pastoral Ecosystems and the Issue of Scale
This paper uses examples from Kenya and the Sudan to argue that the scale at which we pitch our analysis when trying to identify the basic properties of pastoral ecosystems may not be appropriate when it comes to recommending policy measures to secure the continued viability of pastoral herding. Pastoral households are always parts of large-scale economic and social structures. In many cases, such integration has provided the basis for the contin…
Hva gikk galt i Midtøsten
Confusion and Ambiguity
In his response to Henrik Secher Marcussen, Sørbø argues that a main objective of the review of Danish development research was to remove the considerable ambiguities and uncertainties existing in the relationship between Danida and the Danish research community. The structures in place contributed to such ambiguity. Contrary to what Secher Marcussen seems to imply, it was not recommended that all funds for research should be aligned more closely…
Aid and Academia
In this article, the author sets out to identify some of the main causes behind the tensions between the research and aid communities. The observation is made that Nordic development research has come to be perceived as primarily within the domain of development co-operation rather than within the domain of overall research policy. This raises issues about the drawing rights of those who fund ongoing research. The author warns against a narrow in…
Out of Conflict. From War to Peace in Africa
Africa has become enveloped in an image of disaster and strife. The history of conflict management, likewise, is largely the history of failure. This book identifies lessons to be learnt from conflict management in Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, and others. It underlines the importance of a thorough understanding of the causes and dynamics of a conflict in order to find appropriate strategies of intervention
Social Engineering and Political Economy
Gunnar M. Sørbø, ‘Social Engineering and Political Economy: Problems of Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka’, Forum for Development Studies, No. 1–2, 1994, pp. 229–247. While the potential of irrigation for solving the world's food problems is widely regarded as being great, irrigated areas rarely perform at their full potential. Poor water management is said to be the largest single factor in explaining the gap between actual and potential yields…
Tenants and Nomads in Eastern Sudan
Local violence and international intervention in Sudan
The efforts of the international community to build peace in Sudan have been frustrated by the failure to stop the violence in Darfur, continuous setbacks in the implementation of the 2005 peace agreement, and a failure to remain sufficiently engaged with processes at the root of the violence. This applies particularly to local conflicts and the ways in which they interlock with national and regional conflicts. This paper highlights the role that…
Out of Conflict. From War to Peace in Africa
Africa has become enveloped in an image of disaster and strife. The history of conflict management, likewise, is largely the history of failure. This book identifies lessons to be learnt from conflict management in Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, and others. It underlines the importance of a thorough understanding of the causes and dynamics of a conflict in order to find appropriate strategies of intervention
Pastoral Ecosystems and the Issue of Scale
This paper uses examples from Kenya and the Sudan to argue that the scale at which we pitch our analysis when trying to identify the basic properties of pastoral ecosystems may not be appropriate when it comes to recommending policy measures to secure the continued viability of pastoral herding. Pastoral households are always parts of large-scale economic and social structures. In many cases, such integration has provided the basis for the contin…
Kriser og kriger – er det bruk for ossnå
Sammendrag Siden slutten av 1980-tallet har det vært liten etterspørsel etter antropologikompetanse i internasjonale bistandsorganisasjoner. Dette skyldes primært en kombinasjon av paradigme-skifter i bistanden og selvforskyldt marginalisering. Men integrasjonen mellom utenriks- og bistandspolitikk og et større engasjement i land preget av dype konflikter har økt behovet for etnografiske tilnærminger for å forstå lokale konflikter, dempe dem, ana…
Justice by Default? – Dealing with Accountability Issues in Sudan
Tenants and Nomads in Eastern Sudan
Social Engineering and Political Economy
Gunnar M. Sørbø, ‘Social Engineering and Political Economy: Problems of Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka’, Forum for Development Studies, No. 1–2, 1994, pp. 229–247. While the potential of irrigation for solving the world's food problems is widely regarded as being great, irrigated areas rarely perform at their full potential. Poor water management is said to be the largest single factor in explaining the gap between actual and potential yields…
Out of Conflict. From War to Peace in Africa
Africa has become enveloped in an image of disaster and strife. The history of conflict management, likewise, is largely the history of failure. This book identifies lessons to be learnt from conflict management in Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, and others. It underlines the importance of a thorough understanding of the causes and dynamics of a conflict in order to find appropriate strategies of intervention
Aid and Academia
In this article, the author sets out to identify some of the main causes behind the tensions between the research and aid communities. The observation is made that Nordic development research has come to be perceived as primarily within the domain of development co-operation rather than within the domain of overall research policy. This raises issues about the drawing rights of those who fund ongoing research. The author warns against a narrow in…
Hva gikk galt i Midtøsten
Confusion and Ambiguity
In his response to Henrik Secher Marcussen, Sørbø argues that a main objective of the review of Danish development research was to remove the considerable ambiguities and uncertainties existing in the relationship between Danida and the Danish research community. The structures in place contributed to such ambiguity. Contrary to what Secher Marcussen seems to imply, it was not recommended that all funds for research should be aligned more closely…
Pastoral Ecosystems and the Issue of Scale
This paper uses examples from Kenya and the Sudan to argue that the scale at which we pitch our analysis when trying to identify the basic properties of pastoral ecosystems may not be appropriate when it comes to recommending policy measures to secure the continued viability of pastoral herding. Pastoral households are always parts of large-scale economic and social structures. In many cases, such integration has provided the basis for the contin…
Pastoral Ecosystems and the Issue of Scale
This paper uses examples from Kenya and the Sudan to argue that the scale at which we pitch our analysis when trying to identify the basic properties of pastoral ecosystems may not be appropriate when it comes to recommending policy measures to secure the continued viability of pastoral herding. Pastoral households are always parts of large-scale economic and social structures. In many cases, such integration has provided the basis for the contin…
International Development and Development Cooperation
It is likely that the international aid system will continue to evolve along one major axis in the years to come, with a fragmented, foreign-policy focus at one end, and a more deliberate poverty focus at the other. This follows from the increasing securitisation of aid that, particularly after the events of 9/11, is likely to shift aid distribution away from where it may have the largest impact on poverty. While the current (post-Washington) con…
Pursuing Justice in Darfur
Local violence and international intervention in Sudan
The efforts of the international community to build peace in Sudan have been frustrated by the failure to stop the violence in Darfur, continuous setbacks in the implementation of the 2005 peace agreement, and a failure to remain sufficiently engaged with processes at the root of the violence. This applies particularly to local conflicts and the ways in which they interlock with national and regional conflicts. This paper highlights the role that…
Justice by Default? – Dealing with Accountability Issues in Sudan
Livelihoods, Conflicts and Ethnicity
This article reflects upon a long-lasting cooperation within anthropological research between the University of Bergen and the University of Khartoum, which later also came to involve other institutions on both sides. The Norwegian engagement in Sudan started in 1963 with a piece of applied anthropology by Fredrik Barth. It focused on livelihoods in Darfur, the main objective being to influence decisions affecting half a million people, mostly no…
Kriser og kriger – er det bruk for ossnå
Sammendrag Siden slutten av 1980-tallet har det vært liten etterspørsel etter antropologikompetanse i internasjonale bistandsorganisasjoner. Dette skyldes primært en kombinasjon av paradigme-skifter i bistanden og selvforskyldt marginalisering. Men integrasjonen mellom utenriks- og bistandspolitikk og et større engasjement i land preget av dype konflikter har økt behovet for etnografiske tilnærminger for å forstå lokale konflikter, dempe dem, ana…
Norsk antropologi og utvikling
Litt forenklet går det an å si at det fins to fortellinger omforholdet mellom norsk antropologi og utviklingshjelp. Den ene dreierseg om å bli hørt og brukt av beslutningstakere; den andre om teoretiske ogmetodiske utfordringer knyttet til anvendelse av antropologisk kunnskapfor å adressere utviklingsrelaterte problemer. Arne Martin Klausenvar en viktig stemme i den første fortellingen, Fredrik Barth i denandre. Denne artikkelen har fokus på 1970…
Øivind Fuglerud
For litt over 10 år siden, i mai 2009, ble den langvarige krigen mellom regjeringshæren på Sri Lanka og Tamil-tigrene avsluttet på blodig vis. På en liten landtunge i den nordøstlige delen av landet ble Tigrenes ledere og tusenvis av tamiler drept i et massivt bombardement som varte i mange dager
Tom Scott-Smith, On an Empty Stomach
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