Essays about: "chiefdom"

Found 4 essays containing the word chiefdom.

  1. 1. The Elite Choice : ’Unpacking the elite’ in Mukungule Chiefdom, Zambia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Gilbert Mwale; [2019]
    Keywords : elite control; elite capture; community-based natural resources management CBNRM ; local democracy; decentralization;

    Abstract : Community-based natural resource management has been advocated for by many scholar and environmentalists to improve natural resources management, equity, and justice for local people. However, its implementation on the ground does not always reach the intended goal. READ MORE

  3. 2. Stratified Polynesia : A GIS-based study of prehistoric settlements in Samoa and Rapa Nui

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Olof Håkansson; [2017]
    Keywords : GIS; social structure; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Easter Island; settlement; hierarchy; archaeological method on spatial relations; stratification; chiefdom; the noble savage; spatial analysis; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai; GIS; social struktur; Samoa; Rapa Nui; Påskön; bosättning; hierarki; arkeologisk metod på spatiala relationer; stratifikation; hövdingadöme; den ädle vilden; spatial analys; hare paenga; hare moa; ahu; moai; pipihoreko; manavai;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this study is, to understand how the prehistoric individual experienced her “being in the world”. This is done by examining the spatial relationships of prehistoric remains in order to understand hierarchies. READ MORE

  4. 3. The charity organization and the thief: Understanding structures disabling public development in Sierra Leone

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Maria Persson; [2015]
    Keywords : Dependency theory; Post-colonial theory; The economy of affection; FDI; Development;

    Abstract : Recent Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) reforms promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) carried out by the Sierra Leonean government has attracted foreign investors into its extractive industry. Access to natural minerals in the country has been ensured through land leases, and the government of Sierra Leone has obtained the opportunity to accumulate revenues through participation on the global market. READ MORE

  5. 4. Let the remains ask the questions : In search for prehistoric relations on a Samoan settlement pattern through a correspondence analysis

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Joakim Wehlin; [2006]
    Keywords : Polynesia; Samoa; Letolo; Pulemelei; Settlement pattern; Correspondence analysis; relations;

    Abstract : My interest in ethno-archaeology and a Minor Field Study grant brought me to Samoa. There I had a chance to participate in a multinational project “The Pulemelei project, the origins and Development of Monumental architecture”. READ MORE