Overview

Although violent conflict has declined in northern Uganda, tensions and mistrust concerning land have increased. Residents try to deal with acquisitions by investors and exclusions from forests and wildlife reserves. Land wrangles among neighbours and relatives are widespread. The growing commodification of land challenges ideals of entrustment for future generations. Using extended case studies, collaborating researchers analyze the principles and practices that shape access to land. Contributors examine the multiplicity of land claims, the nature of transactions and the management of conflicts. They show how access to land is governed through intimate relations of gender, generation and belonging.

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Author:   Lotte Meinert ,  Susan Reynolds Whyte
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805397427

ISBN 10:   1805397427
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   01 December 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Sara Berry Introduction: Trust and Transitions in Northern Uganda Lotte Meinert and Susan Reynolds Whyte Part I: Claims to Land Case I: The Case of a Disputed Land Sale Mette Lind Kusk Chapter 1. Multiplicity Stephen Langole, Susan Reynolds Whyte and Michael Whyte Chapter 2. Transactions Lotte Meinert and Mette Lind Kusk Chapter 3. Conflicts Irene Winnie Anying and Quentin Gausset Part II: Intimate Governance of Land Case II: Disrupted Land and Broken Graves Sophie Seebach Chapter 4. Generations Esther Acio, Lioba Lenhart and Susan Reynolds Whyte Chapter 5. Gender Julaina A. Obika and Hanne O. Mogensen Chapter 6. Belonging Ben Otto Adol, Michael Whyte and Susan Reynolds Whyte Part III: Imagining Development Case III: Claiming ‘Their’ School: Land Dispute Between Two Churches over a Primary School Catrine Shroff Chapter 7. Aspirations Susan Reynolds Whyte and Catrine Shroff Chapter 8. Inside-Outsiders Marianne Mosebo and Lotte Meinert Chapter 9. Conservation Lioba Lenhart and Lotte Meinert Afterword: Who Belongs Where, and What Belongs to Whom? Christian Lund Appendix: Land Legislation and Implementation in Uganda Anne Mette Kjær Index

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“This wonderful book makes an important contribution to the study of African land and rural communities on a number of levels. There is a remarkable richness and diversity of empirical material, largely collected and described by researchers and writers from the region.” • Julian Hopwood, London School of Economics

Author Information

Lotte Meinert is Professor at the Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University. She has carried out research in Uganda since 1993 and led research capacity projects in Northern Uganda for 15 years. Her publications include Time Work: Studies of Temporal Agency Biosocial Worlds (Berghahn, 2020) and Configuring Contagion: Ethnographies of Biosocial Epidemics (Berghahn, 2021).

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