A Fiona
Biographic Data
| ID | 366814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Fiona |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fiona |
| SIGNATURE | FIONA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A working land: Crofting communities, place and the politics of the possible in post‐Land Reform Scotland 1
In the context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 , this paper examines the political possibilities that are created when land is removed as a commodity from circuits of global capital and when, in areas under crofting tenure, it comes under collective ownership. Drawing evidence from the case of the North Harris Trust, Isle of Harris, the largest community purchase of land thus far, the paper considers how place is re‐configured in complex a…
"S Leinn Fhèin Am Fearann" (The Land is Ours): Re-Claiming Land, Re-Creating Community, North Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This paper tells a story of the community's purchase of the North Harris Estate, Isle of Harris, Scotland, bringing the land under collective ownership where previously it was held by an individual as a 'private' estate. At the broadest level the paper contributes conceptually to research whose objective is to challenge the inevitability of global imaginaries. Situated in the specific context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, such action as…
Contested Ground: Colonial Narratives and the Kenyan Environment, 1920-1945
This article focuses on the relationship between the creation of colonial agricultural and environmental knowledge and the exercise of state power in Kenya during a 25 year period that saw growing state dependence on African agriculture and evidence of the environmental costs of policies to expand such production. First, in the context of the political crisis in Kenya, which centred on the alienation of land to white settler farmers, it argues th…
Betterment and the Gendered Politics of Maize Production, Murang'a District, Central Province, Kenya, 1881952
(1999). Betterment and the Gendered Politics of Maize Production, Murang’a District, Central Province, Kenya, 1881952. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 64-97
A working land: Crofting communities, place and the politics of the possible in post‐Land Reform Scotland 1
In the context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 , this paper examines the political possibilities that are created when land is removed as a commodity from circuits of global capital and when, in areas under crofting tenure, it comes under collective ownership. Drawing evidence from the case of the North Harris Trust, Isle of Harris, the largest community purchase of land thus far, the paper considers how place is re‐configured in complex a…
"S Leinn Fhèin Am Fearann" (The Land is Ours): Re-Claiming Land, Re-Creating Community, North Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This paper tells a story of the community's purchase of the North Harris Estate, Isle of Harris, Scotland, bringing the land under collective ownership where previously it was held by an individual as a 'private' estate. At the broadest level the paper contributes conceptually to research whose objective is to challenge the inevitability of global imaginaries. Situated in the specific context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, such action as…
Contested Ground: Colonial Narratives and the Kenyan Environment, 1920-1945
This article focuses on the relationship between the creation of colonial agricultural and environmental knowledge and the exercise of state power in Kenya during a 25 year period that saw growing state dependence on African agriculture and evidence of the environmental costs of policies to expand such production. First, in the context of the political crisis in Kenya, which centred on the alienation of land to white settler farmers, it argues th…
Betterment and the Gendered Politics of Maize Production, Murang'a District, Central Province, Kenya, 1881952
(1999). Betterment and the Gendered Politics of Maize Production, Murang’a District, Central Province, Kenya, 1881952. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 64-97
Contested Ground: Colonial Narratives and the Kenyan Environment, 1920-1945
This article focuses on the relationship between the creation of colonial agricultural and environmental knowledge and the exercise of state power in Kenya during a 25 year period that saw growing state dependence on African agriculture and evidence of the environmental costs of policies to expand such production. First, in the context of the political crisis in Kenya, which centred on the alienation of land to white settler farmers, it argues th…
A working land: Crofting communities, place and the politics of the possible in post‐Land Reform Scotland 1
In the context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 , this paper examines the political possibilities that are created when land is removed as a commodity from circuits of global capital and when, in areas under crofting tenure, it comes under collective ownership. Drawing evidence from the case of the North Harris Trust, Isle of Harris, the largest community purchase of land thus far, the paper considers how place is re‐configured in complex a…
"S Leinn Fhèin Am Fearann" (The Land is Ours): Re-Claiming Land, Re-Creating Community, North Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This paper tells a story of the community's purchase of the North Harris Estate, Isle of Harris, Scotland, bringing the land under collective ownership where previously it was held by an individual as a 'private' estate. At the broadest level the paper contributes conceptually to research whose objective is to challenge the inevitability of global imaginaries. Situated in the specific context of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, such action as…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works)