The Forest People without a Forest

Development Paradoxes, Belonging and Participation of the Baka in East Cameroon

von Glory M. Lueong

220 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Development interventions often generate contradictions around questions of who benefits from development and which communities are targeted for intervention. This book examines how the Baka, who live in Eastern Cameroon, assert forms of belonging in order to participate in development interventions, and how community life is shaped and reshaped through these interventions. Often referred to as 'forest people', the Baka have witnessed many recent development interventions that include competing and contradictory policies such as 'civilize', assimilate and integrate the Baka into 'full citizenship', conserve the forest and wildlife resources, and preserve indigenous cultures at the verge of extinction.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781785333804
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2016
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books