Towards Shared Research : : Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments.

• Superior document: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Author: Haller, Tobias.
• TeilnehmendeR: Zingerli, Claudia.
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Foreword
• Towards collaborative and integrative research in African environments
• 1.1. African environments in focus
• 1.2. Spiralling (mis)interpretations
• 1.3. Fragmented knowledge
• 1.4. Longitudinal knowledge guidance for researching African environments today
• 1.5. Towards shared research
• 1.6. Overview of contributions
• 1.7. References
• Soil classifications
• 2.1. Introduction
• 2.1.1. Ohangwena region and villages
• 2.1.2. Collecting local soil knowledge
• 2.1.3. Scientific soil description
• 2.1.4. The Oshikwanyama soil units
• 2.1.5. Local soil types compared to international classifications
• 2.1.6. Advantages of combining local and scientific knowledges
• 2.2. Issues regarding the participatory approach in natural sciences
• 2.2.1. Translations of the concept of "soil"
• 2.2.2. Intergrades
• 2.2.3. Local experts
• 2.2.4. Accuracy of descriptions
• 2.3. Participatory research in natural sciences: reflections and challenges
• 2.3.1. Expectations and managing data
• 2.3.2. Dealing with complexity
• 2.4. Conclusion and perspectives
• 2.5. References
• Action research and reverse thinking for anti‐desertification methods
• 3.1. Introduction
• 3.2. Desertification in the Sahel region
• 3.3. Approach and research area
• 3.4. Agriculture in long‐term dry season and short rainy season
• 3.4.1. Temperature, rainfall and wind
• 3.4.2. Agriculture
• 3.4.3. Soil properties and land degradation
• 3.5. Local countermeasures against land degradation
• 3.5.1. "Waste is manure for our farmland"
• 3.5.2. First trial of urban waste‐induced land restoration
• 3.5.3. Emerging pastureland
• 3.6. Eight effects of urban waste use for land restoration
• 3.6.1. Safety issues with urban waste
• 3.6.2. Collecting waste from the city administration to resolve the financial deficit problem.
• 3.6.3. Inviting livestock into the fenced pastureland
• 3.7. Conflict prevention and livestock‐induced land restoration
• 3.8. Conclusion: urban waste, new institution and combating desertification
• 3.9. References
• Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.1.1. The evolution of improved cookstove initiatives
• 4.1.2. Recent initiatives promoting clean fuels and cookstoves
• 4.1.3. Neglect of end‐user preferences
• 4.1.4. Limitations of fuel and ICS monitoring
• 4.1.5. Research problem and contribution
• 4.2. Methodological approaches
• 4.2.1. Bake/cook‐off events
• 4.2.2. Field‐based research in Benue State
• 4.2.3. Field‐based methodologies
• 4.3. End‐user priorities for cooking systems: results from the bake/cook‐off events
• 4.4. Community‐level perspectives on cooking systems and fuel choices in Benue
• 4.4.1. Class and gender as influences on ICS and fuel use
• 4.4.2. Access to firewood
• 4.4.3. Smoke‐related concerns versus household budget constraints
• 4.4.4. Socio‐cultural factors influencing stove and fuel stacking
• 4.4.5. User preferences for rapid cooking
• 4.4.6. Seasonal shifts in stove and fuel use
• 4.5. Incorporating end‐user preferences into stove interventions and SDG7 monitoring frameworks
• 4.6. References
• Fishing for food and food for fish
• 5.1 Research context
• 5.1.1. The establishment of a transdisciplinary research project
• 5.1.2. Integrating practices of participatory research
• 5.1.3. Project results
• 5.1.4 Issues with the participatory approach
• 5.1.5. Fieldwork - practice and training
• 5.1.6. Involvement of policy makers - key questions of management
• 5.1.7. Synthesis of research results
• 5.1.8. SUSFISH's participatory approach: lessons learned and problems
• 5.2. Key moments of participatory research.
• 5.2.1 Scenario development workshops - key to understanding
• 5.2.2. The debate is open: translational practices to negotiate meaning
• 5.2.3. The debate on gender
• 5.3. Conclusion and main learnings
• 5.4. References
• Conclusion
• 6.1. Explorations
• 6.2. Learning as a multidimensional and multilevel process
• 6.3. Dimensions of participatory research
• 6.4. Role of language and translation in interdisciplinary and intercultural research settings
• 6.5. Turning points in collaborative research processes
• 6.6. Towards shared research
• 6.7. References
• Authors.