... on various methodological, ethical and political aspects of ethnobotanical fieldwork. ... Man... more ... on various methodological, ethical and political aspects of ethnobotanical fieldwork. ... Manuel Boissiere is an ethnobotanist, working at the French Agricultural Research Centre ... D. inethnobotany, environmental anthropology and sustainable development from Cornell University ...
The dynamics of ethnobotanical knowledge among gender classes in 3 communities (San Juan, Guara a... more The dynamics of ethnobotanical knowledge among gender classes in 3 communities (San Juan, Guara and Can´o Seje) in Venezuela. Data regarding work schedule and household economy are derived from daily interviews conducted with women in 8 households in San Juan ...
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
In this ethnographic investigation of an “upstream” public health program to tackle illicit tobac... more In this ethnographic investigation of an “upstream” public health program to tackle illicit tobacco, we identify various processes by which particular kinds of people—both smokers and nonsmokers—are constituted in public health policies and practice, and what effects these constructions have for those so constituted and for the overall project. Our suggestion is that notions and dynamics implicit in public health (and, in this case, tobacco control) theory, epistemology, and procedures, create the conditions for negative consequences, notwithstanding any explicit aim to “improve people's lives.” In making our argument, we draw on several conceptual framings, including Foucault's notions of anatomo-and biopolitics and their impact on the constitution of suitable subjectivities and Hacking's ideas about “making up people.” We thus argue that through the rhetorical redeployment of categorizations of smokers and models of smoking personhoods, in the context of tobacco contro...
Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We as... more Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We assessed the implementation and impact of a new programme designed to reduce demand for, as well as supply of, IT, in the north of England, where IT was prevalent. Methods 'Mixed methods' research was undertaken. Qualitative methods included stakeholder interviews (at outset and 1 year later) and ethnographic research. Indicators reflecting those supply and demand issues for which data were available were identified and monitored, including relevant items on two crosssectional surveys carried out in 2009 and 2011 with over 4000 individuals from which a social marketing campaign was also developed. IT reports to two existing hotlines, promoted through the programme, were assessed. Results Initially, concerns abounded about the different philosophies and ways of working of local and national enforcement and health agencies, but these were much reduced at follow-up. A protocol was developed which greatly facilitated the flow of intelligence about IT supply. A social marketing campaign was developed highlighting two messages: IT makes it easier for children to start smoking and brings crime into the community, thereby avoiding misleading messages about relative harms of illicit and licit tobacco. Public and stakeholder awareness of IT increased as did calls to both hotlines. Conclusions A partnership of agencies, with competing values, was established to tackle IT, a complex public health issue and, inter alia, implemented a social marketing campaign using novel messages. This improved the flow of intelligence about the supply of IT and increased awareness of IT.
List of Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Preface Roy Ellen Part I: The Current State... more List of Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Preface Roy Ellen Part I: The Current State of Environmental Knowledge Research Introduction Serena Heckler Chapter 1. A Genealogy of Scientific Representations of Indigenous Knowledge Stanford Zent Part II: Environmental Knowledge and Power Chapter 2. The Cultural and Economic Globalisation of Traditional Environmental Knowledge Systems Miguel Alexiades Chapter 3. Competing and Coexisting with Cormorants: Ambiguity and Change in European Wetlands David N. Carss, Sandra Bell, and Mariella Marzano Chapter 4. Pathways to Developmen: Identity, Landscape and Industry in Papua New Guinea Emma Gilberthorpe Part III: Process in Environmental Knowledge Chapter 5. How Do They See It? Traditional Resource Management, Disturbance and Biodiversity Conservation in Papua New Guinea - William Thomas Chapter 6. Wild Plants as Agricultural Indicators: Linking Ethnobotany with Traditional Ecological Knowledge Takeshi Fujimoto Chapter 7. How Does M...
A synthesis of the main outcomes of the project "Towards climate change resilience" implemented f... more A synthesis of the main outcomes of the project "Towards climate change resilience" implemented from July 2014 to December 2016 in five Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. The report focuses on loss and damage in two of the most important economic sectors in the region: agriculture and tourism.
Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We as... more Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We assessed the implementation and impact of a new programme designed to reduce demand for, as well as supply of, IT, in the north of England, where IT was prevalent. Methods 'Mixed methods' research was undertaken. Qualitative methods included stakeholder interviews (at outset and 1 year later) and ethnographic research. Indicators reflecting those supply and demand issues for which data were available were identified and monitored, including relevant items on two crosssectional surveys carried out in 2009 and 2011 with over 4000 individuals from which a social marketing campaign was also developed. IT reports to two existing hotlines, promoted through the programme, were assessed. Results Initially, concerns abounded about the different philosophies and ways of working of local and national enforcement and health agencies, but these were much reduced at follow-up. A protocol was developed which greatly facilitated the flow of intelligence about IT supply. A social marketing campaign was developed highlighting two messages: IT makes it easier for children to start smoking and brings crime into the community, thereby avoiding misleading messages about relative harms of illicit and licit tobacco. Public and stakeholder awareness of IT increased as did calls to both hotlines. Conclusions A partnership of agencies, with competing values, was established to tackle IT, a complex public health issue and, inter alia, implemented a social marketing campaign using novel messages. This improved the flow of intelligence about the supply of IT and increased awareness of IT.
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes provided that:
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2004
Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that ... more Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that tasks normally associated with women are invariably considered to be less valuable than men's activities. I argue against the claims made by Rivière that manioc cultivation is ...
... on various methodological, ethical and political aspects of ethnobotanical fieldwork. ... Man... more ... on various methodological, ethical and political aspects of ethnobotanical fieldwork. ... Manuel Boissiere is an ethnobotanist, working at the French Agricultural Research Centre ... D. inethnobotany, environmental anthropology and sustainable development from Cornell University ...
The dynamics of ethnobotanical knowledge among gender classes in 3 communities (San Juan, Guara a... more The dynamics of ethnobotanical knowledge among gender classes in 3 communities (San Juan, Guara and Can´o Seje) in Venezuela. Data regarding work schedule and household economy are derived from daily interviews conducted with women in 8 households in San Juan ...
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
In this ethnographic investigation of an “upstream” public health program to tackle illicit tobac... more In this ethnographic investigation of an “upstream” public health program to tackle illicit tobacco, we identify various processes by which particular kinds of people—both smokers and nonsmokers—are constituted in public health policies and practice, and what effects these constructions have for those so constituted and for the overall project. Our suggestion is that notions and dynamics implicit in public health (and, in this case, tobacco control) theory, epistemology, and procedures, create the conditions for negative consequences, notwithstanding any explicit aim to “improve people's lives.” In making our argument, we draw on several conceptual framings, including Foucault's notions of anatomo-and biopolitics and their impact on the constitution of suitable subjectivities and Hacking's ideas about “making up people.” We thus argue that through the rhetorical redeployment of categorizations of smokers and models of smoking personhoods, in the context of tobacco contro...
Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We as... more Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We assessed the implementation and impact of a new programme designed to reduce demand for, as well as supply of, IT, in the north of England, where IT was prevalent. Methods 'Mixed methods' research was undertaken. Qualitative methods included stakeholder interviews (at outset and 1 year later) and ethnographic research. Indicators reflecting those supply and demand issues for which data were available were identified and monitored, including relevant items on two crosssectional surveys carried out in 2009 and 2011 with over 4000 individuals from which a social marketing campaign was also developed. IT reports to two existing hotlines, promoted through the programme, were assessed. Results Initially, concerns abounded about the different philosophies and ways of working of local and national enforcement and health agencies, but these were much reduced at follow-up. A protocol was developed which greatly facilitated the flow of intelligence about IT supply. A social marketing campaign was developed highlighting two messages: IT makes it easier for children to start smoking and brings crime into the community, thereby avoiding misleading messages about relative harms of illicit and licit tobacco. Public and stakeholder awareness of IT increased as did calls to both hotlines. Conclusions A partnership of agencies, with competing values, was established to tackle IT, a complex public health issue and, inter alia, implemented a social marketing campaign using novel messages. This improved the flow of intelligence about the supply of IT and increased awareness of IT.
List of Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Preface Roy Ellen Part I: The Current State... more List of Figures, Maps and Tables List of Contributors Preface Roy Ellen Part I: The Current State of Environmental Knowledge Research Introduction Serena Heckler Chapter 1. A Genealogy of Scientific Representations of Indigenous Knowledge Stanford Zent Part II: Environmental Knowledge and Power Chapter 2. The Cultural and Economic Globalisation of Traditional Environmental Knowledge Systems Miguel Alexiades Chapter 3. Competing and Coexisting with Cormorants: Ambiguity and Change in European Wetlands David N. Carss, Sandra Bell, and Mariella Marzano Chapter 4. Pathways to Developmen: Identity, Landscape and Industry in Papua New Guinea Emma Gilberthorpe Part III: Process in Environmental Knowledge Chapter 5. How Do They See It? Traditional Resource Management, Disturbance and Biodiversity Conservation in Papua New Guinea - William Thomas Chapter 6. Wild Plants as Agricultural Indicators: Linking Ethnobotany with Traditional Ecological Knowledge Takeshi Fujimoto Chapter 7. How Does M...
A synthesis of the main outcomes of the project "Towards climate change resilience" implemented f... more A synthesis of the main outcomes of the project "Towards climate change resilience" implemented from July 2014 to December 2016 in five Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. The report focuses on loss and damage in two of the most important economic sectors in the region: agriculture and tourism.
Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We as... more Background Illicit tobacco (IT) undermines the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies. We assessed the implementation and impact of a new programme designed to reduce demand for, as well as supply of, IT, in the north of England, where IT was prevalent. Methods 'Mixed methods' research was undertaken. Qualitative methods included stakeholder interviews (at outset and 1 year later) and ethnographic research. Indicators reflecting those supply and demand issues for which data were available were identified and monitored, including relevant items on two crosssectional surveys carried out in 2009 and 2011 with over 4000 individuals from which a social marketing campaign was also developed. IT reports to two existing hotlines, promoted through the programme, were assessed. Results Initially, concerns abounded about the different philosophies and ways of working of local and national enforcement and health agencies, but these were much reduced at follow-up. A protocol was developed which greatly facilitated the flow of intelligence about IT supply. A social marketing campaign was developed highlighting two messages: IT makes it easier for children to start smoking and brings crime into the community, thereby avoiding misleading messages about relative harms of illicit and licit tobacco. Public and stakeholder awareness of IT increased as did calls to both hotlines. Conclusions A partnership of agencies, with competing values, was established to tackle IT, a complex public health issue and, inter alia, implemented a social marketing campaign using novel messages. This improved the flow of intelligence about the supply of IT and increased awareness of IT.
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes provided that:
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2004
Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that ... more Through an exploration of Amazonian ethnographic material, this article challenges the idea that tasks normally associated with women are invariably considered to be less valuable than men's activities. I argue against the claims made by Rivière that manioc cultivation is ...
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