Prof. Dr. James Terrence McCabe

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietEthnologie und Europäische Ethnologie
Keywordssub-saharan Africa, pastoral nomadism, conservation, land use change

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBoulder
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Anthropology

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Michael BolligInstitut für Ethnologie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2009

Programm(e)

2009Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Terrence McCabe is well known internationally for his outstanding research on pastoralists and human-environment relations in Eastern Africa. He has made pertinent contributions to the understanding of the cultural ecology of pastoral nomads focussing on mobility, risk and conflict among the pastoral Turkana of Northern Kenya and on land tenure change and socio-economic dynamics among the Maasai of Tanzania. In recent years Professor McCabe has made important contributions to the anthropology of conservation and the theoretical development of ecological anthropology. During his stay in Germany Professor McCabe intends to examine changes in land use and livelihood practices in Northern Tanzania utilizing the theoretical framework of complexity and resilience. A second goal is to bring together 19 years of research on land use and livelihood diversification among the Maasai of Northern Tanzania as a set of case studies linked together within the framework of complexity and resilience.