Shinya Konaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 186238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shinya Konaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shinya |
| FAMILY NAME | Konaka |
| SIGNATURE | KONAKA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor, School of International Relations, and a Dean, Graduate School of International Relations, at the University of Shizuoka. He has been carrying out his field research among Maa-speaking pastoralists, mainly the Samburu, since 1992. He has received the 13th Okita Prize in International Development, the 8th Japan Consortium for Area Studies Award for Prominent Scholar, and the JASID Special Award, 2018. His is the author of Localization of Humanitarian Assistance Frameworks for East African... |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2764-3984 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relational approach to examine the cascading effects of climate narratives
East African Pastoralists who have endured serious damages from the direct impacts of climate change are now facing additional struggles due to secondary impacts of climate change caused by climate narratives. However, the impact on this group remains underexplored. Drawing on two recent eviction cases of pastoralists in Samburu County in North-Central Kenya, this study addresses two research questions using a relational approach: How are pastora…
Reconsidering the Resilience of Pastoralism from the Perspective of Reliability
This article explores an overlooked aspect of the 'resilience of pastoralism' in crises through an ethnographic case study of a series of conflicts between the Samburu and the Pokot in Kenya that erupted in 2004. Emery Roe's concepts of reliability professionals and real-time management of pastoralists are utilised as theoretical frameworks for this study. It was observed that the 'logic of high input variance matched by high process variance to …
Introduction
Kuria Cattle Raiders
Kuria Cattle Raiders: Violence and Vigilantism on the Tanzania/Kenya Frontier. Michael L. Fleisher. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 198 pp., illustrations, tables, maps, appendix, bibliography, index
Micro-history of a Nomadic Hamlet
In this paper I describe a micro-history of a hamlet of the Garri in northern Kenya and then try to clarify some characteristics of their society. The Garri are a Cushitic speaking pastoral nomads who live in the Ethiopia-Kenya-Somalia borderlands. They frequently migrate looking for pastures and water. I spent about six months in the ‘Mwalim’ Mohamed's hamlet, named after its chief, following changes in its locations and membership. I call this …
Kuria Cattle Raiders
Kuria Cattle Raiders: Violence and Vigilantism on the Tanzania/Kenya Frontier. Michael L. Fleisher. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 198 pp., illustrations, tables, maps, appendix, bibliography, index
Micro-history of a Nomadic Hamlet
In this paper I describe a micro-history of a hamlet of the Garri in northern Kenya and then try to clarify some characteristics of their society. The Garri are a Cushitic speaking pastoral nomads who live in the Ethiopia-Kenya-Somalia borderlands. They frequently migrate looking for pastures and water. I spent about six months in the ‘Mwalim’ Mohamed's hamlet, named after its chief, following changes in its locations and membership. I call this …
Kuria Cattle Raiders
Kuria Cattle Raiders: Violence and Vigilantism on the Tanzania/Kenya Frontier. Michael L. Fleisher. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000. 198 pp., illustrations, tables, maps, appendix, bibliography, index
Reconsidering the Resilience of Pastoralism from the Perspective of Reliability
This article explores an overlooked aspect of the 'resilience of pastoralism' in crises through an ethnographic case study of a series of conflicts between the Samburu and the Pokot in Kenya that erupted in 2004. Emery Roe's concepts of reliability professionals and real-time management of pastoralists are utilised as theoretical frameworks for this study. It was observed that the 'logic of high input variance matched by high process variance to …
Introduction
Relational approach to examine the cascading effects of climate narratives
East African Pastoralists who have endured serious damages from the direct impacts of climate change are now facing additional struggles due to secondary impacts of climate change caused by climate narratives. However, the impact on this group remains underexplored. Drawing on two recent eviction cases of pastoralists in Samburu County in North-Central Kenya, this study addresses two research questions using a relational approach: How are pastora…
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Pastoralism (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Forestry (2 works) · History (2 works) · Livestock (2 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 work)