“We're out, so wtf do we do now?”: Brexit and rural identity in the era of online agricultural communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliot Jones‐Garcia ◽  
Anne Touboulic
Keyword(s):  
Rural Identity ◽  
Agricultural Communities

scholarly journals Swords and Plowshares: Property Rights, Collective Action, and Nonstate Governance in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1920–1948

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
DAVID MUCHLINSKI
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Jewish Community ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Goods ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Institutional Variation ◽  
Subnational Governance

Developing states lacking a monopoly over the use of force are commonly seen as having failed to live up to the ideal Weberian sovereign type. Yet rather than being a calling card of anarchy, the devolution of important state functions to subnational actors is a rational strategy for developing states to effectively provide important public goods. The case study of the Jewish Community of Palestine demonstrates one instance where subnational communities provided public goods. This study highlights the causal effect of property rights within institutions to drive behavior consistent with the provision of public and private goods. Analyzing temporal and institutional variation across two agricultural communities demonstrates a unique strategy of subnational governance and public goods provision in a developing state. Devolution of public goods provision to subnational actors may be an alternative strategy of governance for developing states that are not yet able to effectively provide important public goods.

Interwar France and the Rural Exodus: The National Myth in Peril

Rural History ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDOUARD LYNCH
Keyword(s):  
Rural Migration ◽  
World War ◽  
Rural Identity ◽  
National Myth ◽  
The Past ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Interwar France ◽  
Rural Exodus ◽  
French National Identity ◽  
First World

AbstractInterwar France saw itself as a rural nation. The First World War, won in the muddy earth of the trenches, elevated the image of the ‘peasant soldier’ to a symbolic height. But paradoxically, it was during this period that the urban population overtook the rural. Against this backdrop, references to the noxious consequences of rural migration increased in frequency and virulence. The condemnation of rural migration was part of the celebration of a French national identity rooted in the past, the earth and other key agrarian values, such as thrift, hard work and property ownership. French peasants are perceived to be the last bearers of this value set. In other European countries too, the same ideological debate was at play. In Italy and Germany, in particular, the regimes were faced with a similar dilemma, championing a racially pure, rural, identity rooted in the past, whilst embracing a modernising revolution. Their parallel attempts at aligning these two ideas are richly suggestive.

Ecological Interpretation in Archaeology: Part II

1958 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Meighan ◽  
D. M. Pendergast ◽  
B. K. Swartz ◽  
M. D. Wissler
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Present Discussion ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Hunting And Gathering ◽  
Culture History

In a previous paper (Meighan and others 1958), we considered techniques whereby the archaeologist can derive conclusions concerning prehistoric man's relationship to his environment. We limited our study to hunting and gathering societies since we felt that these were most directly and intimately affected by environment. In the present discussion, we have attempted to expand our study to include archaeological communities marked by the presence of agriculture, domestic animals, or both. Our inquiry can be phrased thus: what physical remains associated with agricultural communities can be used as evidence for ecological inferences? The answers to this question are neither as numerous nor as obvious as we first supposed, yet such answers are basic to an understanding of culture history.

A Symmetry Analysis of Design Structure: 1,000 Years of Continuity and Change in Puebloan Ceramic Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 743-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy K. Washburn ◽  
Donald W. Crowe ◽  
Richard V.N. Ahlstrom
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Structural Integrity ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Settlement Type ◽  
Ceramic Design

This paper postulates that cultural entities with long term structural integrity are characterized by symmetrical relationships between and among the constituent sectors of society. We demonstrate how such social relationships are embedded in the symmetrical arrangements of motifs in geometric design. We test this premise with an analysis of 1000 years of ceramic design from the northern American Southwest, AD 600-1600, with a description of the continuities and changes in the plane pattern symmetries that structure design. Two major points of change in symmetry use at c. AD 900 and AD 1300 correlate with changes in settlement type from pithouses to unit pueblos and from unit pueblos to multi-storied plaza oriented pueblos that accompanied adjustments to changes in environmental conditions. We propose that in the American Southwest the predominant use of bifold symmetry is a structural metaphor for the reciprocal social relationships basic to the organization of small puebloan agricultural communities and that the changes in these symmetries reflect the changing integration of the household into an increasingly complex social system. This interpretation of the meaning of design structure is derived from cosmological principles embedded in 20th century ritual songs of the Hopi, descendents of the prehistoric puebloans, as well as depicted in images in their 15th century kiva wall murals. We present this interpretation of the sequence of pueblo development in the American Southwest in terms of the changing symmetrical nature of the social relationships that integrated the agricultural communities as an example of the insights possible with this new approach to design analysis.

scholarly journals Subdivision of joint tenure in agricultural communities: customary land rights management in Slovenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (04) ◽  
pp. 508-544
Author(s):  
Marjan Čeh ◽  
Helena Žužel ◽  
Simon Mansutti
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Agricultural Community ◽  
Agrarian Communities ◽  
Customary Rights ◽  
Land Subdivision ◽  
The Common ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
The Individual

This paper presents the process of real estate reallocation as a mass cadastral subdivision process of agrarian communities’ customary rights. The agricultural communities have existed for centuries and have been jointly owning and using the common land. Such gatherings were developed mainly due to the unique requirements deriving from land use and relief characteristics, such as joint forest management on mountain slopes. The main objective of this research has been to analyse the process of real estate subdivision, which has its legal background in Slovenian legislation. In this paper, the process of cadastral subdivision of land owned by agricultural communities is presented as a mass cadastral land subdivision process: from preparatory work to the new geometric structure of the common land. The cadastral, organisational, and engineering role of the chartered surveying engineer and the surveying company is examined. An aim of the paper is, inter alia, to develop a conceptual model of the process that will serve as a basis for optimisation, for a more just and more efficient distribution of assets among community members. The course of the individual steps of the community established land subdivision is shown with unified modelling language (UML) activity diagrams. As a case study, we have considered the subdivision of the property of the agricultural community of Zgornja Sorica in Slovenia.

scholarly journals Integrating equality in evaluation of water access for irrigation in an Andean community

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-58
Author(s):  
Lina G. Terrazas V. ◽  
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Laura Forni ◽  
Marisa Escobar A. ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Demand ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Demand Coverage ◽  
Andean Community

Development statistics for Bolivia reflect considerable inequalities among people, for instance, poverty rates are much higher in rural agricultural communities, where living conditions depend to a great extent on access to water resources. Many policy interventions ignore the principle of equality, and in some cases even exacerbate differences. In this paper, we examine water access for irrigation in an Andean community, integrating a perspective of equality based on data disaggregation. By analyzing the available data, we identified that tenure of rights and distribution priority are the main criteria that control water access in the community. Based on these criteria, water demand was disaggregated into 28 groups and the system was simulated using the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) software, which allowed us to assess water demand coverage. Some groups receive less than 20% of their water demand, while others receive almost 100%. These inequalities are hidden in an aggregated model, which shows that the entire system never receives less than 60% of water demand. An evaluation of future climate change scenarios showed that water demand coverage could decline a further 15% in the dry season. The implementation of planned strategies, however, could counteract that decline by increasing supply and storage facilities; the model showed that implementing these strategies could raise water demand coverage up to 80% for some groups; however, others still face shortages. This study highlights methods and tools in planning that can strengthen existing equality approaches, and increase the efficiency in reducing poverty and inequality through water management.

scholarly journals Local Government Initiatives and Prospects for Mango Farming Community Capital Enhancement in Guimaras Province, Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noe John Joseph Endencio Sacramento
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Community Capitals ◽  
Farming Community

Agricultural communities often confront issues such as lack of support from various political actors. The local government units LGUs are responsible for initiating measures for improving community capitals towards fostering growth and development to mango farming communities. This descriptive qualitative study provides an understanding of the initiatives of the LGU in enhancing the community capitals in the Guimaras, Philippines mango farming community. The community capitals framework (CCF) served as a lens and guide. Semi-structured interview guides and participant observation are instrumental in data gathering from five key informants. Findings revealed that LGU provided various programs and initiatives to help enhance the community capitals of the mango sector; thus, LGU as a political actor and development enabler has significant roles in fostering community development. Recommendations in this study are essential to the LGU further to enhance the community capitals of the mango farming sector. In gist, there is a need to focus more on building social networks within the community, establish means for transporting the mango produce, and strengthen community education on agriculture among the youth for them to involve in the mango industry’s development.

scholarly journals Land Conversion and Changes in Agricultural Communities at Cimanuk Subdistrict, Pandeglang Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susvia Delta Kusdiane ◽  
Endriatmo Soetarto ◽  
Satyawan Sunito
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Land Conversion ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Local Farmers

Cimanuk Subdistrict is known with rice brand called “beras cimanuk”, which is a quality rice-producing area in Pandeglang Regency, but land use due to regional development has affected the lives of farmers, especially the younger generation of local farmers. This study aims to see how the conversion of agricultural land has a significant impact on social change in society, especially in the survival of generations of farmers. Data collection was conducted from April to June 2016 with interview techniques involving 21 informants consisting of tenants, landowners, surrounding communities, and agricultural extension agents. Data analysis was carried out descriptively. The results of the study concluded that land use change affected the declining role of agriculture in the socio-economic life of the community. the fading of the meaning of agricultural land became a driver in the difficulty of realizing the regeneration of farmers in Cimanuk subdistrict

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