Sandra Bell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra Bell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Bell |
| SIGNATURE | BELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology Durham University Dawson Building South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Decolonizing Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco
Understanding the historical context of an area enables an incoming conservationist to reflect on their role in communities and to better position themselves both politically and socially within them. Here, we explore how outside agencies and institutions, including a former colonial power, have affected and influenced local communities who share their landscape with Barbary macaques ( Macaca sylvanus ) in Bouhachem forest, north Morocco. In the …
Interpreting People’s Behavior Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco
People’s perceptions of primates vary across and within cultures and may not be consistent with their behavior toward the primates themselves. We used qualitative data from semistructured and unstructured interviews with shepherds from 10 villages around Bouhachem oak forest in Morocco to describe and discuss shepherds’ behavior when they encounter Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). When macaques enter agricultural fields to feed on crops, matur…
Domesticating In Home Displays in Selected British and Norwegian Households
The paper uses qualitative data from Norway and the United Kingdom to understand the new technology of In Home Display monitors as a material object loaded with meaning and norms that may affect social practices and relations. The displays are designed to encourage householders to reduce electricity consumption. In contrast to technologies associated with ‘smart meters’, the monitors under study cannot be used for controlling or automatising vari…
Biosocial Conservation: Integrating Biological and Ethnographic Methods to Study Human–Primate Interactions
Biodiversity conservation is one of the grand challenges facing society. Many people interested in biodiversity conservation have a background in wildlife biology. However, the diverse social, cultural, political, and historical factors that influence the lives of people and wildlife can be investigated fully only by incorporating social science methods, ideally within an interdisciplinary framework. Cultural hierarchies of knowledge and the hege…
Governance, Participation and Local Perceptions of Protected Areas: Unwinding Traumatic Nature in the Blouberg Mountain Range
Local perceptions of protected areas are important for conservation and the sustainability of protected areas. We undertook qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork to explore relationships between people and protected areas in the Blouberg mountain range, South Africa. The history of land use and current relationships with protected areas reveal legacies of marginalisation and immiseration, giving credence to a theory of traumatic nature. The impa…
Smart grids and the constitution of solar electricity conduct
In the face of challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions and the replacement of aging infrastructure networks, new logics for the development of smart electricity systems are emerging amongst utility providers and public authorities. Whilst often portrayed as a technical matter, orchestrated through the top-down intervention of major corporate or government actors, such shifts in the system of electricity provision also entail efforts…
The Co-Construction of Energy Provision and Everyday Practice: Integrating Heat Pumps in Social Housing in England
Challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions, and electricity network constraints have led to a shift to new, efficient technologies for household energy services. Studies of such technological innovations usually focus on consumer information and changes in behaviour to realise their full potential. We suggest that regarding such technologies in existing energy provision systems opens up questions concerning how and why such interventio…
Peak electricity demand and the flexibility of everyday life
Person, Place, and Knowledge in the Conservation of the Saimaa Ringed Seal
There is a strong connection between people's knowledge of nature and their relationship to place. Local environmental knowledge is multifaceted and influenced by changing social and economic circumstances that affect the way people come to know and relate to nature. A case study from Finland demonstrates how locality, personhood, and environmental perceptions cohere to challenge conservation practices. In this instance, local people fully uphold…
The political culture of poaching: A case study from northern Greece
Race and Belonging: A Review of Recently Issued National Film Board DVDs
Race and Belonging: A Review of Recently Issued National Film Board DVDs Sandra Bell (bio) and Mythili Rajiva (bio) Race is a Four-Letter Word. Written and directed by Sobaz Benjamin. Produced by Annette Clarke. National Film Board of Canada, 2006. 55 mins, 19 secs, Language: English. Full Screen, $59.95. Closed captioned – decoder required. Dolby sound. Journey to Justice. Dir. Roger McTair. Written by Laine Drewery, Roger McTair and Alan Mendel…
Attrition in longitudinal studies: Who do you lose
Real” Poachers and Predators: Shades of Meaning in Local Understandings of Threats to Fisheries
This article explores the idea of multiple and contested notions of nature, natural resource management, and the implications for local involvement with conservation, within the context of attitudes toward poachers and other predators of fish in the Nemunas Delta area of Lithuania. Qualitative research methods are used to elicit local understandings of threats to fishing livelihoods and to unravel the ambiguities surrounding people's perceptions …
Laurie Lisle — Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
Celibacy, Culture, and Society: The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence
This work is a cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as: Kenyan villagers; US prisoners; Mazatec shamans; Buddhist nuns and monks; Shaker Church members; and anorexic women. The examples of celibacy described illustrate the complex relationship between human sexuality and its particular sociocultural context. Ideas about the body, gender, family, work, religion, health,…
Scholarship—the new dimension to equity issues for academic women
“Crazy Wisdom,” Charisma, and the Transmission of Buddhism in the United States
Research Article| October 01 1998 "Crazy Wisdom," Charisma, and the Transmission of Buddhism in the United States Sandra Bell Sandra Bell Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1998) 2 (1): 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1998.2.1.55 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get P…
British theravada Buddhism: Otherworldly theories, and the theory of exchange
The article explores the development of the relationship between monks and lay people within the newly established context of British Theravada Buddhism. Unlike their Asian counterparts, the British laity appear not to be interested in the traditional practice of ‘making merit’. The article draws out the implications of this feature of British Buddhism for a more general understanding of reciprocity in Theravada monk/ lay relationships
Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples. Paul David Numrich
Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples. Paul David Numrich. University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1996. xxiv, 181 pp. Illustrations. $25. ISBN 0-87049-905-X
The Legend of Quivira
Peak electricity demand and the flexibility of everyday life
Biosocial Conservation: Integrating Biological and Ethnographic Methods to Study Human–Primate Interactions
Biodiversity conservation is one of the grand challenges facing society. Many people interested in biodiversity conservation have a background in wildlife biology. However, the diverse social, cultural, political, and historical factors that influence the lives of people and wildlife can be investigated fully only by incorporating social science methods, ideally within an interdisciplinary framework. Cultural hierarchies of knowledge and the hege…
Real” Poachers and Predators: Shades of Meaning in Local Understandings of Threats to Fisheries
This article explores the idea of multiple and contested notions of nature, natural resource management, and the implications for local involvement with conservation, within the context of attitudes toward poachers and other predators of fish in the Nemunas Delta area of Lithuania. Qualitative research methods are used to elicit local understandings of threats to fishing livelihoods and to unravel the ambiguities surrounding people's perceptions …
Smart grids and the constitution of solar electricity conduct
In the face of challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions and the replacement of aging infrastructure networks, new logics for the development of smart electricity systems are emerging amongst utility providers and public authorities. Whilst often portrayed as a technical matter, orchestrated through the top-down intervention of major corporate or government actors, such shifts in the system of electricity provision also entail efforts…
Person, Place, and Knowledge in the Conservation of the Saimaa Ringed Seal
There is a strong connection between people's knowledge of nature and their relationship to place. Local environmental knowledge is multifaceted and influenced by changing social and economic circumstances that affect the way people come to know and relate to nature. A case study from Finland demonstrates how locality, personhood, and environmental perceptions cohere to challenge conservation practices. In this instance, local people fully uphold…
Scholarship—the new dimension to equity issues for academic women
Decolonizing Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco
Understanding the historical context of an area enables an incoming conservationist to reflect on their role in communities and to better position themselves both politically and socially within them. Here, we explore how outside agencies and institutions, including a former colonial power, have affected and influenced local communities who share their landscape with Barbary macaques ( Macaca sylvanus ) in Bouhachem forest, north Morocco. In the …
Governance, Participation and Local Perceptions of Protected Areas: Unwinding Traumatic Nature in the Blouberg Mountain Range
Local perceptions of protected areas are important for conservation and the sustainability of protected areas. We undertook qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork to explore relationships between people and protected areas in the Blouberg mountain range, South Africa. The history of land use and current relationships with protected areas reveal legacies of marginalisation and immiseration, giving credence to a theory of traumatic nature. The impa…
Interpreting People’s Behavior Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco
People’s perceptions of primates vary across and within cultures and may not be consistent with their behavior toward the primates themselves. We used qualitative data from semistructured and unstructured interviews with shepherds from 10 villages around Bouhachem oak forest in Morocco to describe and discuss shepherds’ behavior when they encounter Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). When macaques enter agricultural fields to feed on crops, matur…
British theravada Buddhism: Otherworldly theories, and the theory of exchange
The article explores the development of the relationship between monks and lay people within the newly established context of British Theravada Buddhism. Unlike their Asian counterparts, the British laity appear not to be interested in the traditional practice of ‘making merit’. The article draws out the implications of this feature of British Buddhism for a more general understanding of reciprocity in Theravada monk/ lay relationships
The Legend of Quivira
Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples. Paul David Numrich
Americanization in Two Immigrant Theravada Buddhist Temples. Paul David Numrich. University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1996. xxiv, 181 pp. Illustrations. $25. ISBN 0-87049-905-X
“Crazy Wisdom,” Charisma, and the Transmission of Buddhism in the United States
Research Article| October 01 1998 "Crazy Wisdom," Charisma, and the Transmission of Buddhism in the United States Sandra Bell Sandra Bell Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1998) 2 (1): 55–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1998.2.1.55 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get P…
British theravada Buddhism: Otherworldly theories, and the theory of exchange
The article explores the development of the relationship between monks and lay people within the newly established context of British Theravada Buddhism. Unlike their Asian counterparts, the British laity appear not to be interested in the traditional practice of ‘making merit’. The article draws out the implications of this feature of British Buddhism for a more general understanding of reciprocity in Theravada monk/ lay relationships
Scholarship—the new dimension to equity issues for academic women
Laurie Lisle — Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
Celibacy, Culture, and Society: The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence
This work is a cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as: Kenyan villagers; US prisoners; Mazatec shamans; Buddhist nuns and monks; Shaker Church members; and anorexic women. The examples of celibacy described illustrate the complex relationship between human sexuality and its particular sociocultural context. Ideas about the body, gender, family, work, religion, health,…
Real” Poachers and Predators: Shades of Meaning in Local Understandings of Threats to Fisheries
This article explores the idea of multiple and contested notions of nature, natural resource management, and the implications for local involvement with conservation, within the context of attitudes toward poachers and other predators of fish in the Nemunas Delta area of Lithuania. Qualitative research methods are used to elicit local understandings of threats to fishing livelihoods and to unravel the ambiguities surrounding people's perceptions …
Attrition in longitudinal studies: Who do you lose
The political culture of poaching: A case study from northern Greece
Race and Belonging: A Review of Recently Issued National Film Board DVDs
Race and Belonging: A Review of Recently Issued National Film Board DVDs Sandra Bell (bio) and Mythili Rajiva (bio) Race is a Four-Letter Word. Written and directed by Sobaz Benjamin. Produced by Annette Clarke. National Film Board of Canada, 2006. 55 mins, 19 secs, Language: English. Full Screen, $59.95. Closed captioned – decoder required. Dolby sound. Journey to Justice. Dir. Roger McTair. Written by Laine Drewery, Roger McTair and Alan Mendel…
Person, Place, and Knowledge in the Conservation of the Saimaa Ringed Seal
There is a strong connection between people's knowledge of nature and their relationship to place. Local environmental knowledge is multifaceted and influenced by changing social and economic circumstances that affect the way people come to know and relate to nature. A case study from Finland demonstrates how locality, personhood, and environmental perceptions cohere to challenge conservation practices. In this instance, local people fully uphold…
Peak electricity demand and the flexibility of everyday life
The Co-Construction of Energy Provision and Everyday Practice: Integrating Heat Pumps in Social Housing in England
Challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions, and electricity network constraints have led to a shift to new, efficient technologies for household energy services. Studies of such technological innovations usually focus on consumer information and changes in behaviour to realise their full potential. We suggest that regarding such technologies in existing energy provision systems opens up questions concerning how and why such interventio…
Smart grids and the constitution of solar electricity conduct
In the face of challenges of energy security, low carbon transitions and the replacement of aging infrastructure networks, new logics for the development of smart electricity systems are emerging amongst utility providers and public authorities. Whilst often portrayed as a technical matter, orchestrated through the top-down intervention of major corporate or government actors, such shifts in the system of electricity provision also entail efforts…
Domesticating In Home Displays in Selected British and Norwegian Households
The paper uses qualitative data from Norway and the United Kingdom to understand the new technology of In Home Display monitors as a material object loaded with meaning and norms that may affect social practices and relations. The displays are designed to encourage householders to reduce electricity consumption. In contrast to technologies associated with ‘smart meters’, the monitors under study cannot be used for controlling or automatising vari…
Biosocial Conservation: Integrating Biological and Ethnographic Methods to Study Human–Primate Interactions
Biodiversity conservation is one of the grand challenges facing society. Many people interested in biodiversity conservation have a background in wildlife biology. However, the diverse social, cultural, political, and historical factors that influence the lives of people and wildlife can be investigated fully only by incorporating social science methods, ideally within an interdisciplinary framework. Cultural hierarchies of knowledge and the hege…
Governance, Participation and Local Perceptions of Protected Areas: Unwinding Traumatic Nature in the Blouberg Mountain Range
Local perceptions of protected areas are important for conservation and the sustainability of protected areas. We undertook qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork to explore relationships between people and protected areas in the Blouberg mountain range, South Africa. The history of land use and current relationships with protected areas reveal legacies of marginalisation and immiseration, giving credence to a theory of traumatic nature. The impa…
Interpreting People’s Behavior Toward Primates Using Qualitative Data: A Case Study from North Morocco
People’s perceptions of primates vary across and within cultures and may not be consistent with their behavior toward the primates themselves. We used qualitative data from semistructured and unstructured interviews with shepherds from 10 villages around Bouhachem oak forest in Morocco to describe and discuss shepherds’ behavior when they encounter Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). When macaques enter agricultural fields to feed on crops, matur…
Decolonizing Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco
Understanding the historical context of an area enables an incoming conservationist to reflect on their role in communities and to better position themselves both politically and socially within them. Here, we explore how outside agencies and institutions, including a former colonial power, have affected and influenced local communities who share their landscape with Barbary macaques ( Macaca sylvanus ) in Bouhachem forest, north Morocco. In the …
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