Land use, traditionalism and rights

Bibliographic Data

ID12113338
AuthorsBjørn Bjerkli (University of Washington, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume13
Issue1
Pages3-21
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Borealia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0800-3831 • E-ISSN: 1503-111X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08003839608580444
OpenAlexW2007277370
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited18

This article discusses the concept of 'tradition' with reference to land use and indigenous rights. The main focus is epistemological and connected to questions on the emerging of the concept. It is argued that the concept and its content is linked to the concept of and growth in theories of 'modernity'. Indirectly it is this theoretical link that constitutes much of the understanding of 'traditional' use. This implies that 'tradition' just as much reflects an idea of the past instead of the past seen as a reality. 'Tradition' as a polarization of 'modernity', however, leads to certain limitations on how 'tradition' is to be defined. One of these is that 'traditional' ways are vested in rather static ways of acting. In a situation where indigenous land rights are quested all over the world, with regard to descriptions and definitions, it is urgent that a more critical thinking on the concept of 'tradition' is introduced, making us able to grasp its inherent dynamics

Geography · Humanities · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Traditionalism · Cambodian History and Society · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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