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Conserved Spaces, Ancestral Places: Conservation,History and Identity among Farm Labourers in the Sundays River Valley, SouthAfrica, Connor,Teresa (Out of Print New)
Combining a richethnography with social and political history, this book examines 300 years ofsocial conflict over land in the frontier-like Sundays River Valley, the sceneof multiple displacements and the location of the extended Addo ElephantNational Park.
Conserved Spaces,Ancestral Places tellshow the historical relationships among farm workers, owners andconservationists have produced a dynamic, uniquely hybrid zone. It argues thatclose ties exist between farming and wildlife conservation and shows how localinhabitants challenge boundaries created by the narrative of wildlife ecology.It asks: Have residents around the new conservation zones in South Africareally benefitted from models of co-management?
The subtle and deep reading of the agrarian and environmental history of theSundays River Valley presented here carries important implications for policyand practice related to conservation of protected areas in South Africa andrelates it to international thought.
This book will appeal to readers interested in environmental and agrarianhistory, political ecology, displacement and space, place and identity.
'A carefullyresearched work that crosses the boundaries between agrarian studies andpolitical ecology and makes unique contributions to the ethnography of theEastern Cape and southern Africa more broadly. It problematizes notions ofdisplacement, particularly in relation to protected areas.'
Derick Fay,Associate professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside
Teresa Connor isaffiliated with the Fort Hare Institute of Economic Research in the EasternCape, South Africa. She specialises in land issues, population displacement,environmental and conservation research. This is her first book.
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 978 1 86914 285 8
Width: 170
Height: 240
Pages: 232
