Elliot Fratkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590087 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elliot Fratkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elliot |
| FAMILY NAME | Fratkin |
| SIGNATURE | FRATKIN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smith College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 343 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Surviving Drought & Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Focusing on one society's responses to famine relief and development efforts, this book is the story of how a people have adapted to, and survived, both natural and human-induced disasters. The Ariaal's determination to maintain their tradional lifestyles while taking advantage of the health and educational benefits offered to Kenyan society at lar
The Lives of Street Women and Children in Hawassa, Ethiopia
Despite gains in national income, Ethiopia's cities have seen a steady increase of homeless women and children. This study focuses on the lives of twenty-five adult women and twenty-seven children living on the streets of Hawassa, Ethiopia. Nearly all were driven to the streets by poverty compounded by abuse and violence and/or loss of supporting family members, illness, and lack of social supports. The Ethiopian government offers a food-for-work…
The Samburu laibon's sorcery and the death of Theodore Powys in colonial Kenya
This paper examines the role that laibons (diviners and ritual healers) played and continue to play in warfare among Samburu pastoralists through their use of divination and sorcery to defeat external enemies. The paper focuses on the 1931 death of Theodore Powys, a white ranch manager in northern Kenya whose death was, in time, attributed to murder by five Samburu warriors. The event and trial occurred as conflicts increased among Samburu pastor…
Ethiopia's Pastoralist Policies: Development, Displacement and Resettlement
Ethiopia's current economic plans call for extensive development along its riverine resources in lowland regions, areas typically occupied by pastoral and agro-pastoral peoples. These plans include the development of large dams for hydroelectric power and irrigating large agricultural estates producing sugar, cotton and rice in state-run and privately owned businesses. Nearly all of these projects entail the relocation and resettlement of populat…
Laibon: An Anthropologist’s Journey with Samburu Diviners in Kenya
Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of the Samburu and Maasai peoples) Lonyoki, his family, and the people of the nomadic community of Lukumai. Fratkin participated in the daily lives of th…
Contesting the Commons: Privatizing Pastoral Lands in Kenya by Carolyn K. Lesorogol
Cattle Bring Us to Our Enemies: Turkana Ecology, Politics, and Raiding in a Disequilibrium System
Pastoralists: Equality, Hierarchy, and the State
Sedentism, seasonality, and economic status: A multivariate analysis of maternal dietary and health statuses between pastoral and agricultural Ariaal and Rendille communities in northern Kenya
This paper examines longitudinal data to assess the effects of the recent transition from pastoralism to sedentary agriculture for Ariaal and Rendille mothers in northern Kenya. Dietary, morbidity, and anthropometric data resulting from bimonthly repeated surveys of the pastoral community of Lewogoso and the sedentary agricultural community of Songa, covering the period from September 1994–July 1995, were used to test two hypotheses: 1) that sede…
Pastoral Sedentarization and Its Effects on Children?s Diet, Health, and Growth Among Rendille of Northern Kenya
Sustainability and Pastoral Livelihoods: Lessons from East African Maasai and Mongolia
"'Sustainable development' currently has a firm grip on the lexicon of development agencies from the World Bank to small nongovernmental organizations, but it offers little practical guidance for tackling diverse problems in specific places. The concept is of particular importance to pastoral populations throughout the world-those people dependent on livestock raising in and or semiarid lands whose survival depends on their ability physically and…
Female education, adolescent sexuality and the risk of sexually transmitted infection in Ariaal Rendille culture
For over 20 years, demographic analyses have shown female education associated with decreased fertility and infant/child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Far less studied are the pathways and overall effects of female education upon Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). An earlier 1996 study of one community of Ariaal Rendille pastoralists in Marsabit District of northern Kenya, suggested that female education may reduce the risk of STIs by rem…
East African Pastoralism in Transition: Maasai, Boran, and Rendille Cases
Pastoralist societies in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) face more demands on their way of life than at any previous time. Population growth, loss of herding lands to farmers, ranchers, game parks, and urban growth, increased com- moditization of the livestock economy, out-migration by poor pastoralists, and dis- locations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing through- out the region. These problems are intensified …
Knowledge Of Aids among Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
East African Pastoralism at the Crossroads: An Introduction
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Surviving Drought and Development in Africa's Arid Lands
When Nomads Settle: The Effects of Commoditization, Nutritional Change, and Formal Education on Ariaal and Rendille Pastoralists
Pastoralism: Governance and Development Issues
Pastoralist societies face more threats to their way of life now than at any previous time. Population growth; loss of herding lands to private farms, ranches, game parks, and urban areas; increased commoditization of the livestock economy; out-migration by poor pastoralists; and periodic dislocations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing in pastoralist regions of the world. Mongolia and China, however, have seen a revita…
Sedentism and child health among rendille pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Pastoralists at the Periphery: Herders in a Capitalist World
A Baluch tribesman follows his goats as they search for a bit of vegetation; a Turkana youth guards his father's cattle against theft by raiders...These pastoral inhabitants of mountain and desert waste are considered to be among the most geographically, economically, and politically peripheral of peoples, yet they are not entirely isolated from broader sociopolitical and economic forces. The lives of modern pastoralists are greatly affected by t…
Women's changing economic roles with pastoral sedentarization: Varying strategies in alternate Rendille communities
Cattle, Capitalism, and Class: Liparakuyo Maasai Transformations. Peter Rigby
African Pastoralist Systems: An Integrated Approach
The authors present overviews of their fields of specialization and in depth analyses of their research data. The discussions stress the interrelationships among differing social, economic, ecological, and biological aspects of African pastoralism.
General/Theoretical Anthropology: The Nomadic Alternative . Thomas J. Barfield
Surviving Drought and Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Pastoralism: Governance and Development Issues
Pastoralist societies face more threats to their way of life now than at any previous time. Population growth; loss of herding lands to private farms, ranches, game parks, and urban areas; increased commoditization of the livestock economy; out-migration by poor pastoralists; and periodic dislocations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing in pastoralist regions of the world. Mongolia and China, however, have seen a revita…
East African Pastoralism in Transition: Maasai, Boran, and Rendille Cases
Pastoralist societies in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) face more demands on their way of life than at any previous time. Population growth, loss of herding lands to farmers, ranchers, game parks, and urban growth, increased com- moditization of the livestock economy, out-migration by poor pastoralists, and dis- locations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing through- out the region. These problems are intensified …
Sedentism and child health among rendille pastoralists of Northern Kenya
When Nomads Settle: The Effects of Commoditization, Nutritional Change, and Formal Education on Ariaal and Rendille Pastoralists
Household Variation and Gender Inequality in Ariaal Pastoral Production: Results of a Stratified Time‐Allocation Survey
Pastoralists: Equality, Hierarchy, and the State
Sedentism, seasonality, and economic status: A multivariate analysis of maternal dietary and health statuses between pastoral and agricultural Ariaal and Rendille communities in northern Kenya
This paper examines longitudinal data to assess the effects of the recent transition from pastoralism to sedentary agriculture for Ariaal and Rendille mothers in northern Kenya. Dietary, morbidity, and anthropometric data resulting from bimonthly repeated surveys of the pastoral community of Lewogoso and the sedentary agricultural community of Songa, covering the period from September 1994–July 1995, were used to test two hypotheses: 1) that sede…
Surviving Drought and Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Ethiopia's Pastoralist Policies: Development, Displacement and Resettlement
Ethiopia's current economic plans call for extensive development along its riverine resources in lowland regions, areas typically occupied by pastoral and agro-pastoral peoples. These plans include the development of large dams for hydroelectric power and irrigating large agricultural estates producing sugar, cotton and rice in state-run and privately owned businesses. Nearly all of these projects entail the relocation and resettlement of populat…
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Surviving Drought and Development in Africa's Arid Lands
Pastoral Sedentarization and Its Effects on Children?s Diet, Health, and Growth Among Rendille of Northern Kenya
East African Pastoralism at the Crossroads: An Introduction
Drought and Development in Marsabit District, Kenya
Extensive drought in the 1970s and 1980s prompted national and international development efforts aimed at the pastoralist populations of Marsabit District of Kenya. Famine relief efforts by the Catholic Church and the African Inland Mission contributed to the settling of former nomads and the growth of small towns, while international development efforts, including UNESCO's Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) focused on range conservation and…
The loibon as sorcerer: A Samburu loibon among the Ariaal Rendille, 1973-87
Historical studies of the Maasailoibonokhave emphasised their ritual and political leadership, particularly during the inter-Maasai warfare of the nineteenth century. This study of a modern Samburuloibonillustrates that theloibon'sprimary activity i n non-crisis periods is the private performance of rituals of divination (nkidong) and the dispensation of protective medicines (ntasim) to combat acts of sorcery. Although the loibon will occasionall…
The Samburu laibon's sorcery and the death of Theodore Powys in colonial Kenya
This paper examines the role that laibons (diviners and ritual healers) played and continue to play in warfare among Samburu pastoralists through their use of divination and sorcery to defeat external enemies. The paper focuses on the 1931 death of Theodore Powys, a white ranch manager in northern Kenya whose death was, in time, attributed to murder by five Samburu warriors. The event and trial occurred as conflicts increased among Samburu pastor…
The Lives of Street Women and Children in Hawassa, Ethiopia
Despite gains in national income, Ethiopia's cities have seen a steady increase of homeless women and children. This study focuses on the lives of twenty-five adult women and twenty-seven children living on the streets of Hawassa, Ethiopia. Nearly all were driven to the streets by poverty compounded by abuse and violence and/or loss of supporting family members, illness, and lack of social supports. The Ethiopian government offers a food-for-work…
Knowledge Of Aids among Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Stability and resilience in East African Pastoralism: The Rendille and the Ariaal of northern Kenya
Household Variation and Gender Inequality in Ariaal Pastoral Production: Results of a Stratified Time‐Allocation Survey
Empirical approaches to household organization
Drought and economic differentiation among Ariaal pastoralists of Kenya
The loibon as sorcerer: A Samburu loibon among the Ariaal Rendille, 1973-87
Historical studies of the Maasailoibonokhave emphasised their ritual and political leadership, particularly during the inter-Maasai warfare of the nineteenth century. This study of a modern Samburuloibonillustrates that theloibon'sprimary activity i n non-crisis periods is the private performance of rituals of divination (nkidong) and the dispensation of protective medicines (ntasim) to combat acts of sorcery. Although the loibon will occasionall…
Applied Anthropology: Herders, Warriors, and Traders: Pastoralism in Africa . John G. Galaty and Pierre Bonte , eds. African Modernization and Development Series
Drought and Development in Marsabit District, Kenya
Extensive drought in the 1970s and 1980s prompted national and international development efforts aimed at the pastoralist populations of Marsabit District of Kenya. Famine relief efforts by the Catholic Church and the African Inland Mission contributed to the settling of former nomads and the growth of small towns, while international development efforts, including UNESCO's Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) focused on range conservation and…
African Pastoralist Systems: An Integrated Approach
The authors present overviews of their fields of specialization and in depth analyses of their research data. The discussions stress the interrelationships among differing social, economic, ecological, and biological aspects of African pastoralism.
General/Theoretical Anthropology: The Nomadic Alternative . Thomas J. Barfield
Surviving Drought and Development: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Women's changing economic roles with pastoral sedentarization: Varying strategies in alternate Rendille communities
Cattle, Capitalism, and Class: Liparakuyo Maasai Transformations. Peter Rigby
Sedentism and child health among rendille pastoralists of Northern Kenya
Pastoralists at the Periphery: Herders in a Capitalist World
A Baluch tribesman follows his goats as they search for a bit of vegetation; a Turkana youth guards his father's cattle against theft by raiders...These pastoral inhabitants of mountain and desert waste are considered to be among the most geographically, economically, and politically peripheral of peoples, yet they are not entirely isolated from broader sociopolitical and economic forces. The lives of modern pastoralists are greatly affected by t…
Pastoralism: Governance and Development Issues
Pastoralist societies face more threats to their way of life now than at any previous time. Population growth; loss of herding lands to private farms, ranches, game parks, and urban areas; increased commoditization of the livestock economy; out-migration by poor pastoralists; and periodic dislocations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing in pastoralist regions of the world. Mongolia and China, however, have seen a revita…
Knowledge Of Aids among Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya
East African Pastoralism at the Crossroads: An Introduction
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Surviving Drought and Development in Africa's Arid Lands
When Nomads Settle: The Effects of Commoditization, Nutritional Change, and Formal Education on Ariaal and Rendille Pastoralists
Female education, adolescent sexuality and the risk of sexually transmitted infection in Ariaal Rendille culture
For over 20 years, demographic analyses have shown female education associated with decreased fertility and infant/child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Far less studied are the pathways and overall effects of female education upon Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). An earlier 1996 study of one community of Ariaal Rendille pastoralists in Marsabit District of northern Kenya, suggested that female education may reduce the risk of STIs by rem…
East African Pastoralism in Transition: Maasai, Boran, and Rendille Cases
Pastoralist societies in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) face more demands on their way of life than at any previous time. Population growth, loss of herding lands to farmers, ranchers, game parks, and urban growth, increased com- moditization of the livestock economy, out-migration by poor pastoralists, and dis- locations brought about by drought, famine, and civil war are increasing through- out the region. These problems are intensified …
Sustainability and Pastoral Livelihoods: Lessons from East African Maasai and Mongolia
"'Sustainable development' currently has a firm grip on the lexicon of development agencies from the World Bank to small nongovernmental organizations, but it offers little practical guidance for tackling diverse problems in specific places. The concept is of particular importance to pastoral populations throughout the world-those people dependent on livestock raising in and or semiarid lands whose survival depends on their ability physically and…
Sedentism, seasonality, and economic status: A multivariate analysis of maternal dietary and health statuses between pastoral and agricultural Ariaal and Rendille communities in northern Kenya
This paper examines longitudinal data to assess the effects of the recent transition from pastoralism to sedentary agriculture for Ariaal and Rendille mothers in northern Kenya. Dietary, morbidity, and anthropometric data resulting from bimonthly repeated surveys of the pastoral community of Lewogoso and the sedentary agricultural community of Songa, covering the period from September 1994–July 1995, were used to test two hypotheses: 1) that sede…
Pastoral Sedentarization and Its Effects on Children?s Diet, Health, and Growth Among Rendille of Northern Kenya
Pastoralists: Equality, Hierarchy, and the State
Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (27 works) · Geography (26 works) · Pastoralism (20 works) · Livestock (19 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Political science (15 works) · Socioeconomics (12 works) · Animal Diversity and Health Studies (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Forestry (11 works)