Sökning: "Mats Widgren"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Mats Widgren.

  1. 11. "At Least There is Something!" : Strategic decision-making by female farmers in Western Kenya

    Författare :Helen Nyberg; Mats Widgren; Peter Kinlund; Anders Närman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Western Kenya; Luo; Luhya; female farmers; gender system; gender contract; intensification of agriculture; diversification of agriculture; diversification of economic sources; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : In rural sub-Saharan Africa women are often described as the most important farmers, producing the bulk of subsistence food. In this study it is shown that female farmers in the four visited villages of Western Kenya are much more than farmers. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Pastoralists, Mobility and Conservation : Shifting rules of access and control of grazing resources in Kenya's northern drylands

    Författare :Annemiek Pas Schrijver; Lowe Börjeson; Elizabeth E. Watson; Mats Widgren; Caroline Upton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pastoralism; livestock mobility; conservation; community conservancy; Northern Rangelands Trust; political ecology; access; institutions; governmentality; territoriality; Samburu; Laikipia; Isiolo; Kenya; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : Pastoral mobility is seen as the most effective strategy to make use of constantly shifting resources. In northern Kenya, mobile pastoralism as a highly-valued strategy to manage grazing areas and exploit resource variability is becoming more complex. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Mark i marginalen : Drivkrafter, pionjärer och myrodlingslandskap

    Författare :Annika Strandin Pers; Mats Widgren; Ulf Jansson; Tom Mels; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historical geography; mires reclamation; landscape; Sweden; early modern period; labour migrations; international relations; discourse; practice; mobility; knowledge and skills development; kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between European countries already from the 12th century. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Bergsbruk och aristokrati : Järnhantering, jordbruk och landskap i Norbergs bergslag 800-1580

    Författare :Anders Törnqvist; Mats Widgren; Johan Berg; Gert Magnusson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; prehistoric farming; iron-making; blast furnace; aristocracy; manors; mining-peasants; landscape.; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This study challenges two general opinions concerning the beginning of iron-making in blast furnaces in early medieval times in one of Sweden’s oldest mining district, (I) that iron was the reason for colonisation in early medieval times and (II) that independent “mining-peasants” (Sw. bergsmän) colonised the medieval mining fields and developed iron-making. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Råg och rön : Om mat, människor och landskapsförändringar i norra Småland, ca 1550-1700

    Författare :Aadel Vestbö-Franzén; Mats Widgren; Aud Mikkelsen Tretvik; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Changes forms of cultivation; Northern Småland; Early modern period; Climate; Changes in food habits; Form; Process; Context; Regional differences; Historical geography; Time geography; Political ecology; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : Why did the three-field system replace annual cropping in the north-eastern part of thr county of Jönköping? Three hypotheses are presented, of which only the first is verified. The first hypothesis concerns the 'rye-bread culture' which was widely spread in southern and eastern Sweden. LÄS MER