Abstract
Johansson, E. L., and E. Isgren. 2017. Local perceptions of land-use change: using participatory art to reveal direct and indirect socioenvironmental effects of land acquisitions in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Ecology and Society 22(1):3. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08986-220103
Highlights
In recent decades, we have witnessed an escalation of sustainability challenges across the world that impact people and the environment in different ways, including climate change, water scarcity, natural disasters, inequality, and resource conflicts (Kates and Parris 2003)
The aim of this research is to focus on perceptions and lived experiences of land-use change within communities in Kilombero Valley, where foreign agribusinesses have acquired land, and contribute to the wider debate on how large-scale land acquisitions can be understood from a bottom-up perspective
In order to achieve this aim, we address the following questions: (1) what are the local perceptions of socioenvironmental change, and what is the role of large-scale land acquisitions? (2) What is the usefulness of participatory art as a method to facilitate discussions and visualize socioenvironmental change and future aspirations within communities where land is leased?
Summary
We have witnessed an escalation of sustainability challenges across the world that impact people and the environment in different ways, including climate change, water scarcity, natural disasters, inequality, and resource conflicts (Kates and Parris 2003). Land-use change is a key processes by which humans influence the functioning of the Earth system, contributing to environmental change and in turn affecting people (Turner et al 2007, Lambin and Meyfroidt 2011). Vulnerable are people who are poor and live directly off the land as small-scale farmers, but these groups often have little power to influence decisions affecting their society and surrounding environment (Bryant 1998). The aim of this research is to focus on perceptions and lived experiences of land-use change within communities in Kilombero Valley, where foreign agribusinesses have acquired land, and contribute to the wider debate on how large-scale land acquisitions can be understood from a bottom-up perspective. In order to achieve this aim, we address the following questions: (1) what are the local perceptions of socioenvironmental change, and what is the role of large-scale land acquisitions?
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