Waktole Tiki
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 630476 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Waktole Tiki |
| PRENOMES | Waktole |
| SOBRENOME | Tiki |
| ASSINATURA | TIKI W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Deception and default in a global marketplace
Transforming Labour and Technology of the Ancient Tula Wells for Watering Livestock in Borana, Ethiopia
In southern Ethiopia, pastoralism has been possible due to complex ancient indigenous technology for excavating and rehabilitating the ancient tula wells. Despite centuries of operations, recent years have seen fundamental transformations in labour mobilisation and the technology for water harvesting, while hired labour is replacing clan-based labour organisation. Payments for well rehabilitation have changed from cattle to cash, while technologi…
Righting the Wrongs
Mobile Phones for Mobile People
The recent widespread use of mobile communication technologies has sparked considerable interest in their application to social and economic development in low-income countries. In this article we examine the different uses of mobile phones among livestock traders and Borana pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, where increased adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been recent and shows potential for improvements in local…
Formal or Informal, Legal or Illegal
In this article, we address cross-border trade from the perspectives of state institutions and their agents, on the one hand, and private merchants and pastoralists, on the other. It will be shown that at times their agendas strongly conflict, but in other situations workable accommodations and policy interpretations are found even while acknowledging the illegality of the actions. Because of the extensive border zones in the Horn with few custom…
How pastoralists perceive and respond to market opportunities
An indigenous time-related framework for reconstructing the impact of disasters on ancient water systems in southern Ethiopia, 1560–1950
Human stewardship or ruining cultural landscapes of the ancientTulawells, southern Ethiopia
This article uses the concepts of 'human stewardship' and 'ruined landscape' as a theoretical framework for analysing the community's perception of landscape change in the ancienttulawell system of Borana in southern Ethiopia. The ancienttulawell system, the main permanent water source, has been in operation for more than five centuries and it closely links human activity and the environment. The welfare of thetulawell system and the performance …
Ciinna- the Borana Oromo narration of the 1890s Great Rinderpest epizootic in North Eastern Africa
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, consecutive natural calamities occurred in North Eastern Africa that collapsed pastoral economies and forced human adaptations. A rinderpest epizootic and devastating famine characterized the period. Using oral narrations of the Borana Oromo of Southern Ethiopia, this paper discusses the impact of the Great Rinderpest of the 1890s on cattle, as well as the subsequent famine, and the beginning of …
Formal or Informal, Legal or Illegal
In this article, we address cross-border trade from the perspectives of state institutions and their agents, on the one hand, and private merchants and pastoralists, on the other. It will be shown that at times their agendas strongly conflict, but in other situations workable accommodations and policy interpretations are found even while acknowledging the illegality of the actions. Because of the extensive border zones in the Horn with few custom…
How pastoralists perceive and respond to market opportunities
An indigenous time-related framework for reconstructing the impact of disasters on ancient water systems in southern Ethiopia, 1560–1950
Ciinna- the Borana Oromo narration of the 1890s Great Rinderpest epizootic in North Eastern Africa
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, consecutive natural calamities occurred in North Eastern Africa that collapsed pastoral economies and forced human adaptations. A rinderpest epizootic and devastating famine characterized the period. Using oral narrations of the Borana Oromo of Southern Ethiopia, this paper discusses the impact of the Great Rinderpest of the 1890s on cattle, as well as the subsequent famine, and the beginning of …
Human stewardship or ruining cultural landscapes of the ancientTulawells, southern Ethiopia
This article uses the concepts of 'human stewardship' and 'ruined landscape' as a theoretical framework for analysing the community's perception of landscape change in the ancienttulawell system of Borana in southern Ethiopia. The ancienttulawell system, the main permanent water source, has been in operation for more than five centuries and it closely links human activity and the environment. The welfare of thetulawell system and the performance …
Mobile Phones for Mobile People
The recent widespread use of mobile communication technologies has sparked considerable interest in their application to social and economic development in low-income countries. In this article we examine the different uses of mobile phones among livestock traders and Borana pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, where increased adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been recent and shows potential for improvements in local…
Deception and default in a global marketplace
Transforming Labour and Technology of the Ancient Tula Wells for Watering Livestock in Borana, Ethiopia
In southern Ethiopia, pastoralism has been possible due to complex ancient indigenous technology for excavating and rehabilitating the ancient tula wells. Despite centuries of operations, recent years have seen fundamental transformations in labour mobilisation and the technology for water harvesting, while hired labour is replacing clan-based labour organisation. Payments for well rehabilitation have changed from cattle to cash, while technologi…
Ciinna- the Borana Oromo narration of the 1890s Great Rinderpest epizootic in North Eastern Africa
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, consecutive natural calamities occurred in North Eastern Africa that collapsed pastoral economies and forced human adaptations. A rinderpest epizootic and devastating famine characterized the period. Using oral narrations of the Borana Oromo of Southern Ethiopia, this paper discusses the impact of the Great Rinderpest of the 1890s on cattle, as well as the subsequent famine, and the beginning of …
Human stewardship or ruining cultural landscapes of the ancientTulawells, southern Ethiopia
This article uses the concepts of 'human stewardship' and 'ruined landscape' as a theoretical framework for analysing the community's perception of landscape change in the ancienttulawell system of Borana in southern Ethiopia. The ancienttulawell system, the main permanent water source, has been in operation for more than five centuries and it closely links human activity and the environment. The welfare of thetulawell system and the performance …
An indigenous time-related framework for reconstructing the impact of disasters on ancient water systems in southern Ethiopia, 1560–1950
How pastoralists perceive and respond to market opportunities
Formal or Informal, Legal or Illegal
In this article, we address cross-border trade from the perspectives of state institutions and their agents, on the one hand, and private merchants and pastoralists, on the other. It will be shown that at times their agendas strongly conflict, but in other situations workable accommodations and policy interpretations are found even while acknowledging the illegality of the actions. Because of the extensive border zones in the Horn with few custom…
Mobile Phones for Mobile People
The recent widespread use of mobile communication technologies has sparked considerable interest in their application to social and economic development in low-income countries. In this article we examine the different uses of mobile phones among livestock traders and Borana pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, where increased adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been recent and shows potential for improvements in local…
Righting the Wrongs
Transforming Labour and Technology of the Ancient Tula Wells for Watering Livestock in Borana, Ethiopia
In southern Ethiopia, pastoralism has been possible due to complex ancient indigenous technology for excavating and rehabilitating the ancient tula wells. Despite centuries of operations, recent years have seen fundamental transformations in labour mobilisation and the technology for water harvesting, while hired labour is replacing clan-based labour organisation. Payments for well rehabilitation have changed from cattle to cash, while technologi…
Deception and default in a global marketplace
Geography (8 obras) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (8 obras) · African history and culture analysis (6 obras) · Livestock (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Business (5 obras) · Pastoralism (5 obras) · Economics (4 obras) · Archaeology (3 obras) · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (3 obras)