In alliance with a nocturnal landscape: memory and water law in the north Baikal, Siberia

Polar Record ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-420
Author(s):  
Veronika V. Simonova
Keyword(s):  
Lake Baikal ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Memory ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Water Law ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Human Landscape

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the ethnography of nocturnal fishery and relationships with water, relevant for Evenkis occupying the northern coastal area of Lake Baikal, Siberia. The material arises from Evenkis of Kumora village who live near Lake Irkana and from archival sources. Although the nocturnal fishery is declared illegal in official legislation, local residents invoke memories to mark that practice as traditional and important for the local community since it is not merely a subsistence activity but also an emotional experience and long-term relationships with the landscape. This paper argues that local social memory devoted to this practice serves as a kind of fishing tool and a tool for supporting local ideas of how fishing should be governed. The collision between memory and water law is not discussed in terms of antagonism between local groups and authorities but as ignorance between memory-gifted people and the landscape, and memory-disabled official approaches to nocturnal fishing and its histories. Finally, memory-gifted human landscape relationships termed as ‘alliance’ are approached as a powerful conglomerate that ‘consumes’ authorised visions of fishing patterns in their own way.

scholarly journals Exploring amenity migration towards coastal areas of Latvia: A case study of the Engure coastal area

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 38-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaiga Krišjāne ◽  
Māris Bērziņš ◽  
Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa ◽  
Maija Rozīte ◽  
Guido Sechi
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Area ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Natural Amenities ◽  
Population Growth Rates ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Local Residents

Abstract Migration has key importance in explaining the spatial distribution of the population in Latvia. The study contributes to an understanding of population shift towards coastal areas affected by amenity-driven migration, beach-oriented tourism and land development. This research explores characteristics of the inhabitants of the Engure coastal area, with special attention to individual attitudes on specific life quality attributes. Using a survey of local residents conducted in 2010, we found statistically significant correlations between groups of the research population. The results show that in-migrants differ from long-term residents with regard to most socio-demographic and attitude variables studied. Similarly, differences were found by out-migration intentions of residents. The area selected for the case study serves as a prominent and instructive laboratory for our analysis due to its suburban location, comparatively stable population growth rates and richness in natural amenities. Moreover, the territory is set as a long-term socio-ecological research platform in Latvia.

scholarly journals Mobile Archivists: Outreach on the Go!

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Catherine Hannula ◽  
Jennifer Barth
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Historical Materials ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Rich

Despite the rich histories of rural communities in northern Wisconsin, accessibility to professional archivists is limited at best. The North Woods Tour project in Wisconsin focused on empowering local residents to preserve historical materials themselves, by teaching them basic archival methods relating to a variety of formats through personal archiving workshops. Led by Amy Sloper, head archivist at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, three Wisconsin archivists created and implemented the project, visiting three rural northern Wisconsin communities and working with 30 local community members. This report examines their planning process and attendee response. Additionally, it argues that, in some cases, materials might be best preserved within the context of their creation.

scholarly journals Who's in the lions' den?

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Wolff ◽  
Soumitra Pathare ◽  
Tom Craig ◽  
Julian Left
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Suburban Communities ◽  
Cost Cutting ◽  
Local Residents

Most long-stay patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals under community care policy are being accommodated in suburban communities. The communities' attitudes have a major bearing on the success of this policy. A census of perceptions of psychiatric services was conducted in two areas prior to the opening of long-stay supported houses for the mentally ill. Many respondents (37%) had a negative perception of psychiatric treatment in hospital. Most (82%) had heard of community care policy but few (29%) knew about the imminent opening of supported houses for the long-term mentally HI in their own street. Most respondents (66%) were against the closure of psychiatric hospitals and many saw It as a cost cutting exorcise. The majority agreed with the idea of long-stay patients being discharged into smaller units in the community although a substantial minority (20%) thought it would have a bad effect on the local community. An overwhelming majority of respondents (91%) thought it was important for local residents to be given information about new mental health facilities in their neighbourhood. Respondents were worried that patients would not get adequate support and that they might be dangerous. If community care policy is to succeed, attention needs to be paid to the community's opinions and desire for information about local services.

Community perceptions of four protected areas in the Northern portion of the Cerrado hotspot, Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANA NAPOLITANO E FERREIRA ◽  
NATÁLIA COSTA FREIRE
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Local Residents

SUMMARYEstablishing effective networks of protected areas (PAs) is one of the major goals of conservation strategies worldwide. However, the success of PAs in promoting biodiversity conservation depends on their integration to local and regional contexts, reducing and mitigating human impacts originating from buffer zones. Community perceptions affect interactions between residents and PAs, and thereby conservation effectiveness. Research at Tocantins state (northern Brazilian Cerrado), aimed to analyse local community perceptions of four PAs, discussing how different factors may influence these. Perceptions were assessed through standardized interviews applied to PA employees and 275 local inhabitants. There was modest community participation in PA establishment and management. Residents were aware of the PAs’ existence, but were unfamiliar with their goals. Length of residency and occupation of inhabitants influenced their PA perceptions, shaping different people-park relations in each of the four studied PAs. Involvement of local residents in PA planning and management represents a central strategy to strengthen local support for PAs over the long term. In those areas that still have settlements inside their boundaries, community relocation should follow a careful participatory process to avoid significant changes in local perceptions and attitudes towards these PAs, crucial for conserving Brazilian biodiversity.

scholarly journals Collaboration for Community-Based Cultural Sustainability in Island Tourism Development: A Case in Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7306
Author(s):  
Xiubai Li ◽  
Jinok Susanna Kim ◽  
Timothy J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
The Face ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Cultural Components

Constructive collaboration with host communities while maintaining their traditional culture is crucial when planning tourism ventures, particularly if ensuring sustainability is considered important. This paper investigates the cultural sustainability of Jeju Island in South Korea and whether collaboration with community-based tourism ensures this sustainability through in-depth interviews with local residents. The first part of the interview focuses on cultural components to assess the current situation of cultural sustainability on the island, and the second part is related to that collaboration. The findings of the interviews indicate that: (i) there are certain negative indications of cultural sustainability in that Jeju people holding informal power became vulnerable in the face of tourism demand; (ii) several barriers exist in the facilitation of community-based tourism collaboration notwithstanding the beneficial trends, and (iii) there is a strong relationship between collaboration and cultural sustainability. It is also noted that the collaboration itself does not coincide with the actualization of cultural sustainability so long as current power disparities exist. The study delivers significant implications to the tourism policymakers and practitioners on how sustainable tourism development should be planned and operated to secure a long-term benefit especially focused on how the local community should be involved in the overall development process.

scholarly journals IMMERSIVE AUDIO EXPOSITION AND ITS VISUAL CONTENT AS ACTUALIZATION OF MUSEUM DESIGN PRINCIPLES

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-122
Author(s):  
Elena V. SHLIENKOVA ◽  
Khristina V. KAYGORODOVA
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Local History ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Art Practices ◽  
Museum Design

The article is devoted to the experimental practice of new local history and museum design, the study of collective identity, the actualization of “gene memory” and the representation of the Finno-Ugric ethnic group of the North of Udmurtia, Russia. The project continues to develop a long-term partnership of an inter-regional consortium consisting of specialists in the fi eld of cultural anthropology and authentic geography, local history, music and stage art, folklore, design, architecture and modern art practices, and the local community. The article deals with the study of the principles of organizing a traditional a local history museum, its tactile and spatial reconfi guration based on immersive interaction with the visitor, his active participation, polylogue, post-empathy and total involvement (psychophysiological “linkage” with reality). It covers a wide range of topics from technological to meta-immersion, creation spaces of holistic experience, space-event, space-situations, where the viewer becomes a key subject.

Helping Gasiza have a bridge for generations to come

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Dean
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Development Work ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The North ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Safe Access

<p>Gasiza Bridge provides safe access for approximately 6,000 people who live in communities adjacent to the new footbridge, over the River Cyacika in the north of Rwanda. Previously, the nearest safe crossing was 3.5km away. The new footbridge is owned by the local government and will be maintained by the local community.</p><p>As with all development work, the long term success of the bridge is dependent on local community taking ownership of it. Through various methods, the UK Team of Bridges equipped the local community with the necessary knowledge and skills.</p><p>The team conveyed safety, quality and maintenance best practices from the UK experience to the local community with the intention that the community will take ownership of the bridge, thus ensuring that this safe access will be maintained for many years to come.</p>

An Unexpected Rise in Outside Intervention

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Executive Director ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
The North ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Office Of Economic Opportunity

This chapter discusses the increased intervention from the Office of Economic Opportunity and the North Carolina Fund in Craven Operation Progress matters. Federal officials within both the OEO and the Department of Labor had begun to conclude, similarly to Fund staff, that local control of community action would never allow the types of social and institutional change they believed were necessary to meet the needs of the poor. From their perspective in Washington, D.C., too many businessmen, elected officials, and other power-structure types served on local boards. Moreover, these men and women were either incapable of making or unwilling to make the kinds of decisions likely to enhance the poor’s political influence or economic standing. Eventually, save for the rare instances in which the poor made up a majority of a Community Action Agency board, local community action experiments began to be seen as a roadblock to the War on Poverty’s goals of improving opportunities and justice for indigent populations (especially in the South, where many of the long-term poor were black). The executive director ultimately resigns following pressure from both groups to step down.

Long-term Cyclic Variations of Prominences, Green and Red Coronae over Solar Cycles

2000 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 201-204
Author(s):  
Vojtech Rušin ◽  
Milan Minarovjech ◽  
Milan Rybanský
Keyword(s):  
Emission Lines ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Green Line ◽  
Solar Cycles ◽  
The South ◽  
Coronal Emission ◽  
Local Maxima ◽  
The North ◽  
Cyclic Variations

AbstractLong-term cyclic variations in the distribution of prominences and intensities of green (530.3 nm) and red (637.4 nm) coronal emission lines over solar cycles 18–23 are presented. Polar prominence branches will reach the poles at different epochs in cycle 23: the north branch at the beginning in 2002 and the south branch a year later (2003), respectively. The local maxima of intensities in the green line show both poleward- and equatorward-migrating branches. The poleward branches will reach the poles around cycle maxima like prominences, while the equatorward branches show a duration of 18 years and will end in cycle minima (2007). The red corona shows mostly equatorward branches. The possibility that these branches begin to develop at high latitudes in the preceding cycles cannot be excluded.

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