forced migration

What happens to traditional knowledge and use of natural resources when people migrate?

Submitted by cnghel on Wed, 2013/04/03 - 16:30

Primary Author(s):

Nesheim, Ingrid; Dhillion, Shivcharn; Stølen, Kristi

(2006) Human Ecology 34(1).

Language English

The study investigates traditional knowledge of forest plants in a community (La Quetzal) inhabited by people who returned to Guatemala at the end of the civil war, after 10-12 years in exile in Southern Mexico, and now are in the process of constructing a new community in the Lacandon jungle in the Petén, Guatemala. We ask if the basis of knowledge and the use of natural resources change when people migrate. The relevance of vascular plant diversity for consumption and other daily needs of the population is explored.

Date Released:

Wed, 2013/04/03 (All day)

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/27654107?uid=3739448&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70

Resource Type:

traditional ecological knowledge

non-timber forest products

Maya Biosphere Reserve

Long-term consequences of displacement

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Facilitating youth participation in a context of forced migration: A photovoice project in Northern Uganda.

Submitted by cnghel on Thu, 2013/03/21 - 22:38

Primary Author(s):

Green, Eric; Kloos, Bret

Journal of Refugee Studies 22(4): 460-482.

Language English

This paper describes a documentary photography (Photovoice) project conducted in 2007 with young people (ages 12 to 16) living in an internal displacement camp in northern Uganda during a time of great transition following more than 20 years of civil war. Twelve students were randomly selected from three schools after several weeks of instruction in English and photography. Over the course of six weeks, students used digital cameras to document life in their communities. The students and the facilitators met weekly to discuss the images and to identify and reflect on community issues.

Date Released:

Thu, 2013/03/21 (All day)

http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/4/460.short

Journal of Refugee Studies

Resource Type:

journal article

forced migration

photography

internal displacement

photovoice

youths

participatory action research

Long-term consequences of displacement

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CFP: Race, alterity and affect: rethinking climate change-induced migration and displacement

Deadine / Event Date:

2013/06/18 (All day)

18-19 June 2013
Durham University

Andrew Baldwin (Durham University) and Katherine E. Russo (Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale)

w.a.baldwin@durham.ac.uk

Language Undefined

Event type:

Geographical Locations:

United Kingdom

CFP: Refugee Studies Centre Workshop: South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement

Deadine / Event Date:

2012/06/22 (All day)

Date: Saturday 6th October 2012
Location: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Language English

rsc-outreach@qeh.ox.ac.uk

forced migration

humanitarian

Event type:

Call for Papers

Stranded migrants and the fragmented journey

Submitted by yamiletk on Fri, 2012/03/23 - 12:37

Primary Author(s):

Collyer, M

Primary Institution:

Sussex centre for migration research, university of sussex

Journal of refugee studies (2010) 23(3), 273-293

Language English

Long and dangerous ‘fragmented journeys’ have become a common feature of global migration systems. These are more than simple responses to stricter migration controls and are associated with related developments in technology and communications. They are therefore a structural change in migration systems which require a re-examination of the ways in which protection is offered to migrants.

Date Released:

Thu, 2010/08/05 (All day)

http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/3/273.full.pdf+html

Mixed migration flows

Resource Type:

journal article

Journal of Refugee Studies

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E-Journal: Refugee Watch Online

Submitted by mmillard on Tue, 2012/03/20 - 12:33

Primary Author(s):

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Primary Institution:

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Language English

Refugee Watch online is a co-publication of Refugee Watch on the flow of refugees, other victims of forced migration, and the internally displaced persons in South Asia. It presents news and views, critiques and analyses of policies of the States and international humanitarian institutions with regard to forced migration and forced population flows across the borders in this region. It stresses the need for a broad legal framework for this region with regard to refugee protection and protection of other victims of forced displacement.

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Date Released:

Tue, 2012/03/20 (All day)

http://refugeewatchonline.blogspot.ca/

refugees

forced migration

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Resource Type:

e-journal

Journal

India

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International M.A. in Migration Studies at Tel Aviv University

Language English

Climate change, environmental degradation and migration

Submitted by cnghel on Sat, 2012/01/14 - 22:18

Warner, K., Hamza, M., Oliver-Smith, A., Renaud, F., & Julca, A. (2010). Climate change, environmental degradation and migration. Natural Hazards 55(3): 689-715.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/387xp37011790811/

Language Undefined

Climate change and displacement

environmental degradation

forced migration

displacement