Maria Elisa Christie
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Elisa Christie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria Elisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Christie |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTIE M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3717-1263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Gendered livelihood impacts and responses to an invasive, transboundary weed in a rural Ethiopian community
Gender as unequal power relations intersects with global environmental change threatening agriculture-based livelihoods, including land degradation, increasing climate variability, and invasive alien plants. Commonly overlooked, invasive alien plants may have gendered impacts on everyday life that disproportionately affect the less powerful. Drawing on experiences of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia’s Oromia region with an invasive, transboundary …
Mobile phones and women's empowerment in Maasai communities
Mobile phones have been heralded by many as promising new tools to empower women throughout the Global South. However, some have asserted that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) may serve to amplify disparities between more powerful and less powerful people. Few studies have examined which women stand to benefit and under what conditions. This study seeks to better understand the relationships between mobile phones and women’s …
Renegotiating gender roles and cultivation practices in the Nepali mid-hills
Women’s access and experience in higher education agricultural programs in Africa
In Africa women are underrepresented in higher education (HE) agricultural programs, despite the fact that they make up half of the agricultural labor force. This article discusses the reasons for women’s low enrollment in HE agricultural programs, focusing on socio-cultural norms and gendered perceptions of agriculture. Moving beyond access, it also explores the institutional culture and learning environment in HE agricultural programs. We argue…
Do perceptions of the Red‐tailed Hawk indicate a human‐wildlife conflict on the island of La Gonave, Haiti
The Caribbean subspecies of the Red‐tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis solitudinus or B.j. jamaicensis ) is the largest native carnivore on the island of La Gonave, Haiti, and the island's apex predator. On other Caribbean islands, raptors have been persecuted by local people typically because of their depredation of livestock. In addition to possible persecution from humans, Red‐tailed Hawks on La Gonave face challenges from island‐wide timber over…
Gender and local soil knowledge
Scientists often turn to farmers to understand soil management. This process reveals differences and overlaps between local and scientific soil knowledge but rarely considers women and gender issues. This paper examines men's and women's local knowledge of soils in upland, smallholder farms in two villages in Mindanao, the Philippines, using focus group discussions, semi‐structured household interviews, field visits, GIS and soil testing. Farmers…
Conservation agriculture and gendered livelihoods in Northwestern Cambodia
Mapping gendered pest management knowledge, practices, and pesticide exposure pathways in Ghana and Mali
Farmers, peanuts, and aflatoxins in Uganda
This article describes a collaborative research for development project that used participatory methods to engage smallholder farmers in Uganda in post-harvest aflatoxin management. It is based primarily on qualitative research with peanut growers tracing ‘the path of the peanut’ through their hand-drawn maps and journal writing. By focusing on everyday life and including recipes and drawings, this research encouraged women's participation and em…
Embodied Livelihoods and Tomato Farmers’ Gendered Experience of Pesticides in Tuobodom, Ghana
In the pursuit of technical goals such as improved yields or reduced pest damage, agricultural development programs—and the technologies they introduce—can alter or reinforce gender roles and relations with clear implications for gender equality. This case study explores the experiences of tomato production and pest management of men and women farmers in Tuobodom, Ghana. A primary goal of the research is to better understand the farmers’ current …
Gender and conservation agriculture
This research identifies gender-based constraints and opportunities for the adoption of conservation agriculture production systems based on a case-study with smallholder farmers in two villages in Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Using a livelihoods framework, we explore gendered dimensions of access to assets or resources, agricultural practices, and knowledge and perceptions in the context of food security and soil conservatio…
Kitchenspace
Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly attention has been paid to this crucial space in which family, gender, and community relations are forged and maintained. To give the kitchen the prominence and respect it merits, Maria Elisa Chr…
Kitchenspace
Drawing on extensive ethnographic field research with multiple women and kitchens in two central Mexico communities, this article argues for kitchenspace—indoor and outdoor spaces where food preparation takes place—as gendered territory. Using a feminist political ecology approach, it explores private and semi-public space in the everyday, household kitchen and the fiesta or 'smoke' kitchen at the center of community celebrations. Marked as gende…
Kitchenspace, Fiestas, and Cultural Reproduction in Mexican House-Lot Gardens
The house‐lot garden in central Mexico is gendered space where changing cultural identities are negotiated, re‐created, and celebrated as "tradition" is continually redefined. No clear boundary separates the kitchen from the house‐lot garden or the private space of the household from the semipublic space of the community. During collective food preparation for religious fiestas, gendered reciprocity networks strengthen community relations and fos…
The Cultural Geography of Gardens
The Cultural Geography of Gardens*." Geographical Review, 94(3), pp. iii–iv Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaria Elisa ChristieDr. Christie is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Naturaleza y sociedad desde la perspectiva de la cocina tradicional mexicana
This article is based primarily on qualitative research carried out in Central Mexico during 2000-2001. The intent is to present a novel approach to the traditional Mexican kitchen, as well as some perspectives on nature/society relations from that space, relating these to various central themes in Laura Esquivel's novel, Like water for chocolate. The research explores gender, nature and cultural identity issues in the everyday life of women in t…
Kitchenspace
Drawing on extensive ethnographic field research with multiple women and kitchens in two central Mexico communities, this article argues for kitchenspace—indoor and outdoor spaces where food preparation takes place—as gendered territory. Using a feminist political ecology approach, it explores private and semi-public space in the everyday, household kitchen and the fiesta or 'smoke' kitchen at the center of community celebrations. Marked as gende…
Kitchenspace, Fiestas, and Cultural Reproduction in Mexican House-Lot Gardens
The house‐lot garden in central Mexico is gendered space where changing cultural identities are negotiated, re‐created, and celebrated as "tradition" is continually redefined. No clear boundary separates the kitchen from the house‐lot garden or the private space of the household from the semipublic space of the community. During collective food preparation for religious fiestas, gendered reciprocity networks strengthen community relations and fos…
Renegotiating gender roles and cultivation practices in the Nepali mid-hills
Mobile phones and women's empowerment in Maasai communities
Mobile phones have been heralded by many as promising new tools to empower women throughout the Global South. However, some have asserted that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) may serve to amplify disparities between more powerful and less powerful people. Few studies have examined which women stand to benefit and under what conditions. This study seeks to better understand the relationships between mobile phones and women’s …
Conservation agriculture and gendered livelihoods in Northwestern Cambodia
Naturaleza y sociedad desde la perspectiva de la cocina tradicional mexicana
This article is based primarily on qualitative research carried out in Central Mexico during 2000-2001. The intent is to present a novel approach to the traditional Mexican kitchen, as well as some perspectives on nature/society relations from that space, relating these to various central themes in Laura Esquivel's novel, Like water for chocolate. The research explores gender, nature and cultural identity issues in the everyday life of women in t…
Gender and conservation agriculture
This research identifies gender-based constraints and opportunities for the adoption of conservation agriculture production systems based on a case-study with smallholder farmers in two villages in Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Using a livelihoods framework, we explore gendered dimensions of access to assets or resources, agricultural practices, and knowledge and perceptions in the context of food security and soil conservatio…
Gendered livelihood impacts and responses to an invasive, transboundary weed in a rural Ethiopian community
Gender as unequal power relations intersects with global environmental change threatening agriculture-based livelihoods, including land degradation, increasing climate variability, and invasive alien plants. Commonly overlooked, invasive alien plants may have gendered impacts on everyday life that disproportionately affect the less powerful. Drawing on experiences of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia’s Oromia region with an invasive, transboundary …
Embodied Livelihoods and Tomato Farmers’ Gendered Experience of Pesticides in Tuobodom, Ghana
In the pursuit of technical goals such as improved yields or reduced pest damage, agricultural development programs—and the technologies they introduce—can alter or reinforce gender roles and relations with clear implications for gender equality. This case study explores the experiences of tomato production and pest management of men and women farmers in Tuobodom, Ghana. A primary goal of the research is to better understand the farmers’ current …
The Cultural Geography of Gardens
The Cultural Geography of Gardens*." Geographical Review, 94(3), pp. iii–iv Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaria Elisa ChristieDr. Christie is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Women’s access and experience in higher education agricultural programs in Africa
In Africa women are underrepresented in higher education (HE) agricultural programs, despite the fact that they make up half of the agricultural labor force. This article discusses the reasons for women’s low enrollment in HE agricultural programs, focusing on socio-cultural norms and gendered perceptions of agriculture. Moving beyond access, it also explores the institutional culture and learning environment in HE agricultural programs. We argue…
Mapping gendered pest management knowledge, practices, and pesticide exposure pathways in Ghana and Mali
Farmers, peanuts, and aflatoxins in Uganda
This article describes a collaborative research for development project that used participatory methods to engage smallholder farmers in Uganda in post-harvest aflatoxin management. It is based primarily on qualitative research with peanut growers tracing ‘the path of the peanut’ through their hand-drawn maps and journal writing. By focusing on everyday life and including recipes and drawings, this research encouraged women's participation and em…
Naturaleza y sociedad desde la perspectiva de la cocina tradicional mexicana
This article is based primarily on qualitative research carried out in Central Mexico during 2000-2001. The intent is to present a novel approach to the traditional Mexican kitchen, as well as some perspectives on nature/society relations from that space, relating these to various central themes in Laura Esquivel's novel, Like water for chocolate. The research explores gender, nature and cultural identity issues in the everyday life of women in t…
Kitchenspace, Fiestas, and Cultural Reproduction in Mexican House-Lot Gardens
The house‐lot garden in central Mexico is gendered space where changing cultural identities are negotiated, re‐created, and celebrated as "tradition" is continually redefined. No clear boundary separates the kitchen from the house‐lot garden or the private space of the household from the semipublic space of the community. During collective food preparation for religious fiestas, gendered reciprocity networks strengthen community relations and fos…
The Cultural Geography of Gardens
The Cultural Geography of Gardens*." Geographical Review, 94(3), pp. iii–iv Additional informationNotes on contributorsMaria Elisa ChristieDr. Christie is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Kitchenspace
Drawing on extensive ethnographic field research with multiple women and kitchens in two central Mexico communities, this article argues for kitchenspace—indoor and outdoor spaces where food preparation takes place—as gendered territory. Using a feminist political ecology approach, it explores private and semi-public space in the everyday, household kitchen and the fiesta or 'smoke' kitchen at the center of community celebrations. Marked as gende…
Kitchenspace
Throughout the world, the kitchen is the heart of family and community life. Yet, while everyone has a story to tell about their grandmother's kitchen, the myriad activities that go on in this usually female world are often devalued, and little scholarly attention has been paid to this crucial space in which family, gender, and community relations are forged and maintained. To give the kitchen the prominence and respect it merits, Maria Elisa Chr…
Embodied Livelihoods and Tomato Farmers’ Gendered Experience of Pesticides in Tuobodom, Ghana
In the pursuit of technical goals such as improved yields or reduced pest damage, agricultural development programs—and the technologies they introduce—can alter or reinforce gender roles and relations with clear implications for gender equality. This case study explores the experiences of tomato production and pest management of men and women farmers in Tuobodom, Ghana. A primary goal of the research is to better understand the farmers’ current …
Gender and conservation agriculture
This research identifies gender-based constraints and opportunities for the adoption of conservation agriculture production systems based on a case-study with smallholder farmers in two villages in Misamis Oriental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Using a livelihoods framework, we explore gendered dimensions of access to assets or resources, agricultural practices, and knowledge and perceptions in the context of food security and soil conservatio…
Mapping gendered pest management knowledge, practices, and pesticide exposure pathways in Ghana and Mali
Farmers, peanuts, and aflatoxins in Uganda
This article describes a collaborative research for development project that used participatory methods to engage smallholder farmers in Uganda in post-harvest aflatoxin management. It is based primarily on qualitative research with peanut growers tracing ‘the path of the peanut’ through their hand-drawn maps and journal writing. By focusing on everyday life and including recipes and drawings, this research encouraged women's participation and em…
Gender and local soil knowledge
Scientists often turn to farmers to understand soil management. This process reveals differences and overlaps between local and scientific soil knowledge but rarely considers women and gender issues. This paper examines men's and women's local knowledge of soils in upland, smallholder farms in two villages in Mindanao, the Philippines, using focus group discussions, semi‐structured household interviews, field visits, GIS and soil testing. Farmers…
Conservation agriculture and gendered livelihoods in Northwestern Cambodia
Do perceptions of the Red‐tailed Hawk indicate a human‐wildlife conflict on the island of La Gonave, Haiti
The Caribbean subspecies of the Red‐tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis solitudinus or B.j. jamaicensis ) is the largest native carnivore on the island of La Gonave, Haiti, and the island's apex predator. On other Caribbean islands, raptors have been persecuted by local people typically because of their depredation of livestock. In addition to possible persecution from humans, Red‐tailed Hawks on La Gonave face challenges from island‐wide timber over…
Women’s access and experience in higher education agricultural programs in Africa
In Africa women are underrepresented in higher education (HE) agricultural programs, despite the fact that they make up half of the agricultural labor force. This article discusses the reasons for women’s low enrollment in HE agricultural programs, focusing on socio-cultural norms and gendered perceptions of agriculture. Moving beyond access, it also explores the institutional culture and learning environment in HE agricultural programs. We argue…
Renegotiating gender roles and cultivation practices in the Nepali mid-hills
Mobile phones and women's empowerment in Maasai communities
Mobile phones have been heralded by many as promising new tools to empower women throughout the Global South. However, some have asserted that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) may serve to amplify disparities between more powerful and less powerful people. Few studies have examined which women stand to benefit and under what conditions. This study seeks to better understand the relationships between mobile phones and women’s …
Gendered livelihood impacts and responses to an invasive, transboundary weed in a rural Ethiopian community
Gender as unequal power relations intersects with global environmental change threatening agriculture-based livelihoods, including land degradation, increasing climate variability, and invasive alien plants. Commonly overlooked, invasive alien plants may have gendered impacts on everyday life that disproportionately affect the less powerful. Drawing on experiences of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia’s Oromia region with an invasive, transboundary …
Geography (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)