Sandra J T M Evers
Biographic Data
| ID | 5437700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandra J T M Evers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandra J T M |
| FAMILY NAME | Evers |
| SIGNATURE | EVERS S J T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Claim-making in transnational land deals: Discourses of legitimation and stakeholder relations in central Uganda
Theatre Elicitation: Developing a potentially child-friendly method with children aged 8–12
This article discusses the growing body of literature published in Children Geographies on the importance of involving children in research processes. Inspired by participatory creative methods such as photo elicitation and popular/forum theatre, we have developed a potentially child-friendly tool referred to as Theatre Elicitation (TE). The objective of TE is to use theatre forms as a means of data collection in the context of a negotiated resea…
Lancy, David F: The Anthropology of Childhood - Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
Anthropos , Seite 328 - 329
Mending the Levee: How Supernaturally Anchored Conceptions of the Person Impact on Trauma Perception and Healing among Children (Cases from Madagascar and Nepal)
When dealing with children and youth who experience distressing events, psychosocial diagnostics and healing programmes principally resort to biomedical models. Children are often viewed as individualised ‘victims’ suffering from trauma and ‘in need’ of outside help. Highlighting case studies from Madagascar and Nepal, this article argues that the biomedical approach to trauma would be strengthened by a concomitant analysis of social networks, in…
Staying active’ in confined living conditions: Participation assessments of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) in the Netherlands
This article contributes to the critical literature on child participation discussing the positionings of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) residing in a Dutch asylum centre. It queries participation as an institutional measure, outlining the informants’ perspectives on the creation of a youth council within the confines of an asylum centre. Contradictions and tensions in the wider societal context, in the asylum centre, and in the functioning of…
Theorising Age and Generation in Development: A Relational Approach
Land Competition and Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar
This chapter discusses mining investments and land titling for local Malagasy, which have been at the core of land issue debates and policies in Madagascar. However, many Malagasy depend on forest products like wood and food items, pitching them against these NGOs and foreign mining companies interested in exploiting the subsoil minerals of forestland. The chapter also re-examines whether and to what extent human-environment interactions have imp…
Lex Loci meets Lex Fori: Merging Customary Law and National Land Legislation in Madagascar
This chapter discusses the Malagasy legislation in terms of land registration and certification and attempts to identify some areas of possible future conflict due to the ongoing cleavages between positive law land legislation ( lex fori ) and land ownership based on custom ( lex loci ). It should be stressed right from the outset that the lex fori - lex loci distinction is analytical here, as in the day to day people draw discursively and practi…
Contest for land in Madagascar: Environment, ancestors and development
CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction: Land Competition and Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Gwyn Campbell and Michael Lambek The Genetic Trail to Madagascar Himla Soodyall, Bharti Morar and Trefor Jenkins Don't we all Want a World Filled with Bright Faces and Fat-Cheeked Babies? Creating the State and Crafting Ideology in Eighteenth Century Imerina Victor Raharijaona and Susan Kus Forest D…
Foreign Land Acquisitions In Madagascar: Competing Jurisdiction Of Access Claims
The 1.3 million hectare agricultural project proposed by the South Korean company Daewoo Logistics in 2009 illustrates the paradoxical position of the Malagasy government on land management issues. At the time, the Ravalomanana government (2002-9, dissolved by the military and the current president, Rajoelina, in March 2009) was simultaneously encouraging foreign land investment and implementing land reform to secure local land rights. The public…
The Rasikajy civilization in northeast Madagascar: A pre-European Chinese community
Archaeological excavations in northern Madagascar during the first half of the 20th century have revealed the presence of a former prosperous civilisation known as the Rasikajy civilisation. Little is known about the origin of this civilisation and how and when they first arrived in Madagascar. The most striking evidence for the Rasikajy civilisation comes from excavations at a necropolis in Vohemar located along the northeast coast, where more t…
Global visions, local landscapes: A political ecology of conservation, conflict, and control in Northern Madagascar - By Lisa L. Gezon
Expropriated from the hereafter: The fate of the landless in the Southern Highlands of Madagascar
During the period following the abolition of slavery by the French colonial government in 1896, the Southern Highlands of Madagascar was settled by ex-slaves. These early settlers constructed a foundation myth of themselves as tompon-tany, or 'masters of the land', a discourse not only equating land with tombs, kinship and ancestors, but also coupled with a skilful deployment of 'Malagasy customs'. In order to exclude later migrants who also want…
Madagascar: The Zebu as Guide through Past and Present
Ancestors, Power and History in Madagascar
The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, emerging identities, and local historical consciousness. Case-studies include The Royal Bath of 1817 (Pier Larson), Succession in an Urbanized Sakalava Kingdom (Lesley Sharp), The Antankaraìa Ritual Cycle (Michael Lambek, Andrew Walsh), Nineteenth-Centu…
A human ecological approach to quality of life: Conceptual framework and results of a preliminary study
A human ecological approach to quality of life: Conceptual framework and results of a preliminary study
Ancestors, Power and History in Madagascar
The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, emerging identities, and local historical consciousness. Case-studies include The Royal Bath of 1817 (Pier Larson), Succession in an Urbanized Sakalava Kingdom (Lesley Sharp), The Antankaraìa Ritual Cycle (Michael Lambek, Andrew Walsh), Nineteenth-Centu…
Theorising Age and Generation in Development: A Relational Approach
Expropriated from the hereafter: The fate of the landless in the Southern Highlands of Madagascar
During the period following the abolition of slavery by the French colonial government in 1896, the Southern Highlands of Madagascar was settled by ex-slaves. These early settlers constructed a foundation myth of themselves as tompon-tany, or 'masters of the land', a discourse not only equating land with tombs, kinship and ancestors, but also coupled with a skilful deployment of 'Malagasy customs'. In order to exclude later migrants who also want…
The Rasikajy civilization in northeast Madagascar: A pre-European Chinese community
Archaeological excavations in northern Madagascar during the first half of the 20th century have revealed the presence of a former prosperous civilisation known as the Rasikajy civilisation. Little is known about the origin of this civilisation and how and when they first arrived in Madagascar. The most striking evidence for the Rasikajy civilisation comes from excavations at a necropolis in Vohemar located along the northeast coast, where more t…
Staying active’ in confined living conditions: Participation assessments of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) in the Netherlands
This article contributes to the critical literature on child participation discussing the positionings of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) residing in a Dutch asylum centre. It queries participation as an institutional measure, outlining the informants’ perspectives on the creation of a youth council within the confines of an asylum centre. Contradictions and tensions in the wider societal context, in the asylum centre, and in the functioning of…
Claim-making in transnational land deals: Discourses of legitimation and stakeholder relations in central Uganda
Theatre Elicitation: Developing a potentially child-friendly method with children aged 8–12
This article discusses the growing body of literature published in Children Geographies on the importance of involving children in research processes. Inspired by participatory creative methods such as photo elicitation and popular/forum theatre, we have developed a potentially child-friendly tool referred to as Theatre Elicitation (TE). The objective of TE is to use theatre forms as a means of data collection in the context of a negotiated resea…
A human ecological approach to quality of life: Conceptual framework and results of a preliminary study
Ancestors, Power and History in Madagascar
The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, emerging identities, and local historical consciousness. Case-studies include The Royal Bath of 1817 (Pier Larson), Succession in an Urbanized Sakalava Kingdom (Lesley Sharp), The Antankaraìa Ritual Cycle (Michael Lambek, Andrew Walsh), Nineteenth-Centu…
Madagascar: The Zebu as Guide through Past and Present
Expropriated from the hereafter: The fate of the landless in the Southern Highlands of Madagascar
During the period following the abolition of slavery by the French colonial government in 1896, the Southern Highlands of Madagascar was settled by ex-slaves. These early settlers constructed a foundation myth of themselves as tompon-tany, or 'masters of the land', a discourse not only equating land with tombs, kinship and ancestors, but also coupled with a skilful deployment of 'Malagasy customs'. In order to exclude later migrants who also want…
Global visions, local landscapes: A political ecology of conservation, conflict, and control in Northern Madagascar - By Lisa L. Gezon
Foreign Land Acquisitions In Madagascar: Competing Jurisdiction Of Access Claims
The 1.3 million hectare agricultural project proposed by the South Korean company Daewoo Logistics in 2009 illustrates the paradoxical position of the Malagasy government on land management issues. At the time, the Ravalomanana government (2002-9, dissolved by the military and the current president, Rajoelina, in March 2009) was simultaneously encouraging foreign land investment and implementing land reform to secure local land rights. The public…
The Rasikajy civilization in northeast Madagascar: A pre-European Chinese community
Archaeological excavations in northern Madagascar during the first half of the 20th century have revealed the presence of a former prosperous civilisation known as the Rasikajy civilisation. Little is known about the origin of this civilisation and how and when they first arrived in Madagascar. The most striking evidence for the Rasikajy civilisation comes from excavations at a necropolis in Vohemar located along the northeast coast, where more t…
Land Competition and Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar
This chapter discusses mining investments and land titling for local Malagasy, which have been at the core of land issue debates and policies in Madagascar. However, many Malagasy depend on forest products like wood and food items, pitching them against these NGOs and foreign mining companies interested in exploiting the subsoil minerals of forestland. The chapter also re-examines whether and to what extent human-environment interactions have imp…
Lex Loci meets Lex Fori: Merging Customary Law and National Land Legislation in Madagascar
This chapter discusses the Malagasy legislation in terms of land registration and certification and attempts to identify some areas of possible future conflict due to the ongoing cleavages between positive law land legislation ( lex fori ) and land ownership based on custom ( lex loci ). It should be stressed right from the outset that the lex fori - lex loci distinction is analytical here, as in the day to day people draw discursively and practi…
Contest for land in Madagascar: Environment, ancestors and development
CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction: Land Competition and Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Gwyn Campbell and Michael Lambek The Genetic Trail to Madagascar Himla Soodyall, Bharti Morar and Trefor Jenkins Don't we all Want a World Filled with Bright Faces and Fat-Cheeked Babies? Creating the State and Crafting Ideology in Eighteenth Century Imerina Victor Raharijaona and Susan Kus Forest D…
Theorising Age and Generation in Development: A Relational Approach
Staying active’ in confined living conditions: Participation assessments of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) in the Netherlands
This article contributes to the critical literature on child participation discussing the positionings of young asylum seekers (aged 12–23) residing in a Dutch asylum centre. It queries participation as an institutional measure, outlining the informants’ perspectives on the creation of a youth council within the confines of an asylum centre. Contradictions and tensions in the wider societal context, in the asylum centre, and in the functioning of…
Mending the Levee: How Supernaturally Anchored Conceptions of the Person Impact on Trauma Perception and Healing among Children (Cases from Madagascar and Nepal)
When dealing with children and youth who experience distressing events, psychosocial diagnostics and healing programmes principally resort to biomedical models. Children are often viewed as individualised ‘victims’ suffering from trauma and ‘in need’ of outside help. Highlighting case studies from Madagascar and Nepal, this article argues that the biomedical approach to trauma would be strengthened by a concomitant analysis of social networks, in…
Theatre Elicitation: Developing a potentially child-friendly method with children aged 8–12
This article discusses the growing body of literature published in Children Geographies on the importance of involving children in research processes. Inspired by participatory creative methods such as photo elicitation and popular/forum theatre, we have developed a potentially child-friendly tool referred to as Theatre Elicitation (TE). The objective of TE is to use theatre forms as a means of data collection in the context of a negotiated resea…
Lancy, David F: The Anthropology of Childhood - Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
Anthropos , Seite 328 - 329
Claim-making in transnational land deals: Discourses of legitimation and stakeholder relations in central Uganda
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